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Capt Rick's video - dinghy/ snorkeler mishap #136277
07/20/2017 11:43 AM
07/20/2017 11:43 AM
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Buffalo, NY
LauraTheTshirtGal Offline OP
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This girl needs to buy a lottery ticket....a VERY scary reminder of snorkeling and dinghy safety from Capt Rick, a youth sailor was just killed recently when a prop went over his mid section https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6wfS-SbE5g&feature=youtu.be

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Re: Capt Rick's video - dinghy/ snorkeler mishap [Re: LauraTheTshirtGal] #136278
07/20/2017 12:42 PM
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The video may give you shivers


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Re: Capt Rick's video - dinghy/ snorkeler mishap [Re: warren460] #136279
07/20/2017 01:12 PM
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Wow, she was lucky. I feel sorry for that guy, too. He was definitely sorry it happened.

Re: Capt Rick's video - dinghy/ snorkeler mishap [Re: LauraTheTshirtGal] #136280
07/20/2017 01:20 PM
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So scary.....thankful she's ok!

Re: Capt Rick's video - dinghy/ snorkeler mishap [Re: harleybuffett] #136281
07/20/2017 09:34 PM
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GJ, CO S/V Long Overdue
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looks like they are barnacle scapes from his dinghy bottom, she is very lucky. Very nice for the guy to bring back a gift bag

Re: Capt Rick's video - dinghy/ snorkeler mishap [Re: sail2wind] #136282
07/20/2017 10:59 PM
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I was worried about her bare feet so close to the anchor chain on the bow before that accident happened.

Re: Capt Rick's video - dinghy/ snorkeler mishap [Re: LocalSailor] #136283
07/21/2017 08:48 AM
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Again not to blame or shame. But I recommend a diver down flag even while snorkeling, it makes you a little more visible. In Florida I'd say only 50% of boaters know what the red/white diver down flag means and even less know the Alpha Flag. However its better than nothing. All charter boats I've been on have one.


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Last edited by bviboater; 07/21/2017 08:49 AM.
Re: Capt Rick's video - dinghy/ snorkeler mishap [Re: LauraTheTshirtGal] #136284
07/21/2017 10:17 AM
07/21/2017 10:17 AM
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Wow ... this is the stuff nightmares are made of. If the bow is up, even just a little, you are going too fast!

Thank God it was only surface abrasions and not deep scratches. I hope she heals quickly. Still, that sort of injury can easily become infected and itch like the dickens.

Several years back, one of my charter clients ran over a German tourist with a dinghy (speeding) in an anchorage and seriously injured him with the prop. Like the nice person my client was, he tried to run and take his private plane to get out of the BVI. Happily, he and his exceptionally rude girlfriend were caught before they made it out of the country. I was able to warn my client not to try to leave the country (by phone) because I had already told the police they arrived by private plane and his plane was under surveillance. With no other option, he turned himself in.

Such a lovely couple. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/cloud.gif" alt="" />

Re: Capt Rick's video - dinghy/ snorkeler mishap [Re: LianeLeTendre] #136285
07/21/2017 11:49 AM
07/21/2017 11:49 AM
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BVIboater, we fly our diver down flag on the port spreader, which would have been ineffective in this situation


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