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I had the radio on one day and I could only smile when the rescue was over.
A man had fallen off his jet ski and could not get back on without help.
The caller was in a boat to big to help this guy.
The coast Guard called back,
"Is the person hurt, why can't he get back on his jet ski"?
Here is the point where we started to smile.
The call came back with,
"He is not hurt, he is rather big in gerth".
It took about 20 minutes for us to get to that location to help him.
We were in our 185 Sea Ray, not our big boat, and the waves were a little ruff. We thought we could get him up our ladder onto the swim platform, then onto his jet ski.
Somebody got there just before we did and that is just what they did.
My thought on this was, if he rode the jet ski a little harder and more often, it would keep him in better shape.
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Over the radio one day I heard this guy come on. In a really out of breth, almost in a panic type of voice he said,
After 3 maydays, "boat is taking on water, help ASAP, and his location".
Coast Guard comes back, "Anybody hurt, and all have life jackets on, etc."?
The even more out-of-breath voice came back with,
"No one is hurt", and so on. At the end of his call he said,
"We can't stop bailing to put on our life jackets".
At that point we started to smile.
It was to far for us to try and help, others were in that area. So we sat back and waited to see if all ended ok. There was a lot of calls back and forth from the coast guard, coast guard auxiliary, and tow boat US.
After a little while, CG Aux. said, " tow boat US was here helping them out, in a tow.
Coast Guard calls back to CG Aux. boat,
"Can you get the people off the boat taking on water for their safety"?
CG Aux calls back,
"No, the 2 tow boats are rafted up on each side of the distressed boat. They are holding it afloat. It is not taking on any more water at this time. It will be safer if we don't get closer to try to move anybody onto our boat.
Our smiles turned into a, "What the heck", type of expression.
Then back to our smiles again.
Coast Guard answers, "OK".
My take on this mental imadge . . .
We never saw them in this set up while we were out that day. I guess they towed it the other direction, or maybe they were still beheind us somewhere.
It would have been interesting to see how they riged it all.
We also wondered the sizes / types of all the boats involved.
I guess we will never know.
But it was another interesting day out on West Lake Erie.
Every summer, we get at least two good stories to tell.
More later . . .
Wayne EDIT
A man had fallen off his jet ski and could not get back on without help.
The caller was in a boat to big to help this guy.
The coast Guard called back,
"Is the person hurt, why can't he get back on his jet ski"?
Here is the point where we started to smile.
The call came back with,
"He is not hurt, he is rather big in gerth".
It took about 20 minutes for us to get to that location to help him.
We were in our 185 Sea Ray, not our big boat, and the waves were a little ruff. We thought we could get him up our ladder onto the swim platform, then onto his jet ski.
Somebody got there just before we did and that is just what they did.
My thought on this was, if he rode the jet ski a little harder and more often, it would keep him in better shape.
===================================
Over the radio one day I heard this guy come on. In a really out of breth, almost in a panic type of voice he said,
After 3 maydays, "boat is taking on water, help ASAP, and his location".
Coast Guard comes back, "Anybody hurt, and all have life jackets on, etc."?
The even more out-of-breath voice came back with,
"No one is hurt", and so on. At the end of his call he said,
"We can't stop bailing to put on our life jackets".
At that point we started to smile.
It was to far for us to try and help, others were in that area. So we sat back and waited to see if all ended ok. There was a lot of calls back and forth from the coast guard, coast guard auxiliary, and tow boat US.
After a little while, CG Aux. said, " tow boat US was here helping them out, in a tow.
Coast Guard calls back to CG Aux. boat,
"Can you get the people off the boat taking on water for their safety"?
CG Aux calls back,
"No, the 2 tow boats are rafted up on each side of the distressed boat. They are holding it afloat. It is not taking on any more water at this time. It will be safer if we don't get closer to try to move anybody onto our boat.
Our smiles turned into a, "What the heck", type of expression.
Then back to our smiles again.
Coast Guard answers, "OK".
My take on this mental imadge . . .
We never saw them in this set up while we were out that day. I guess they towed it the other direction, or maybe they were still beheind us somewhere.
It would have been interesting to see how they riged it all.
We also wondered the sizes / types of all the boats involved.
I guess we will never know.
But it was another interesting day out on West Lake Erie.
Every summer, we get at least two good stories to tell.
More later . . .
Wayne EDIT
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