On Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 10:19:36 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 5/23/2017 12:24 AM, wrote:
On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 8:17:31 PM UTC-5, AMuzi wrote:
Or at least 1 out of 2 in a random sampling of speedboat
crews with another speedboat dropped on their heads:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/05/...boat-accident/
"Raabe and Byrne were both struck by the hull of The Smith
Brothers as it passed over them, according to the Ocean
County Prosecutor’s office. Both men were wearing helmets."
I saw this on the radio just now and was amazed that the
last line was considered germane to the story.
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I suppose if a boat flies over top of you and its hull hits you in the head, its best to be wearing a helmet. Hopefully no one will doubt the benefit of the helmet in this case.
No, but I do hope it doesn't lead to a campaign for mandatory helmets on
every user of a rowboat. That's pretty much what happened regarding
bicycling.
You may be right, but the need for helmets in rowboats is so rare that your comment is not a practical argument.
Had the incident separated a shell in two, and that heated up the campaign for mandatory minimum flotation built in to every rowboat, however, then I'm good with it.
Google "floatation leo blockley". https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.sport.rowing/flotation$20$20leo$20blockley$20%7Csort:relevance
The campaign really heated up after 2000 when Leo, an Oxford rower, failed to make it to shore in Seville, after the eight he was in swamped in rough weather. How many times since? The proposed standard:
http://www.leoblockley.org.uk/docume...y_standard.doc
Carl Douglas' arguments for flotation seem to me to be impossible to refute.. Every Douglas has built-in floatation, and after reading Carl's rants on the subject I think the other builders boats should too. Not my usual position on this kinda thing.
http://www.carldouglasrowing.com/
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.sport.rowing/carl$20douglas$20flotation