Agreed, being very familiar with how your equipment works and regularly
inspecting it for soundness is good practice. The middle of an emergency is
not the time to figure out how your gear works....
Anecdotes (or case studies) are data points that provide qualitative data. It
is correct that by themselves they cannot predict the odds of any one person
perishing (or surviving) in a MOB incident. That is done with group data.
However, any given data point can provide information on the issues involved in
any one case perishing or surviving. So when crew from Wingnuts died several
years ago in the Chicago-Mac Race, the odds of that accident happening could
have been best predicted by the group data, but that group data would tell us
little to nothing about why that particular accident occurred or why those
particular crew members perished. Identifying the issues in specific cases can
help lead to new research as well as advances in policies, procedures,
equipment development, etc.
On Thursday, March 30, 2017 9:04 AM, Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Not aimed at anyone in particular: All plans and equipment are completely
worthless without regular testing and practice. What you think is being
prepared may be a fantasy that will lead to a well-planned failure. You need to
find out by at least trying and using everything while conditions are mild, and
you are not injured. You may shock yourself. Can you reach into that pocket
with whichever hand was not crushed? Can you really find someone that has
fallen overboard? Can you get back on the boat while it is moving? Don't kid
yourself. Find out! The real statistics for surviving a fall overboard are very
grim. Anecdotes are not data.
Bill Bina
On 3/30/2017 8:44 AM, Dave via CnC-List wrote:
My spinlock deck vest has a tethered cutter in a dedicated pocket as standard
equipment. Hopefully one would remember it in a panic.
My salus coastal life jacket has big pockets that contain a tethered folding
knife, and a small flashlight.
Both are quite well designed imo.
Dave.
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