Fishermen rescue teen girls

[slonezp]

 

[roadwarrior]

 

 

                               

[Jigfishn10]

Those girls were lucky those guys happened to see them. 53* doesn't sound cold, but it's very cold when your body is submerged in water for a long period. Not to state the obvious, just a thought.

[A-Jay]

23 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Those girls were lucky those guys happened to see them. 53* doesn't sound cold, but it's very cold when your body is submerged in water for a long period. Not to state the obvious, just a thought.

Yup ~

A-Jay

[TOXIC]

Very lucky for those girls that they were picked up when they were.  Not a life saving event but one spring when I was guiding and the water temps had not come up yet and mostly there were just fishermen out on the lake, I saw a couple of people swimming a jet ski in the middle of the lake.  I watched more than one boat go past them without stopping.  Something just didn’t seem right to me so I motored up to them and it was 2 college girls who had run out of gas.  I offered to tow them to a marina where they could fuel up.  They didn’t bring any money so I went ahead and paid to fill the jet ski.  They made me promise to follow them back to one of their fathers lake house to get repaid.  It was at the end of the day anyway, So I did.  Let’s just say the father was a very prominent Washington, DC figure and insisted I have a cognac and Cuban cigar with him on his deck.  Not wanting to be rude, I obliged and as a plus, he reimbursed me enough to fill my boat with fuel which was 56 gallons. ?. The downside was that every boat that passed these two up was a fishing boat.  

[slonezp]

I've been on both ends of a tow rope but never ran into anyone in danger of hypothermia or drowning.

[Log Catcher]

Many years ago my brother and I were coming down the river back to the boat ramp. We saw a rescue squad boat being pulled out. The guy that owned the ramp said some college boys were down there. Evidently they had to much to drink and one of them tried to swim across the river and didn't make it. They had recovered his body just before we got there.

[Glenn]

Keri and I helped a couple of kayakers who had fallen out and couldn't get back into their yaks.  One was a 70+ yr old gentleman.  He fell out, and when the other tried to help him, he fell in too.

 

We have our rescue on video, but the batteries died before they paddled off.  But it does get to the point where we got them to shallow water so they could get back in.

 

Anyone interested in seeing that?

[N Florida Mike]

A good friend nearly drowned when him and his girlfriend jumped off their sailboat for a swim, and it blew away too fast for them to catch it. The girl was a stronger swimmer and pulled him up several times as he went under. Right when she was out of strength too, a lone fisherman rescued them…

His dad then had to drive 45 miles with the extra set of keys because the set my friend had went down with the tackle box it was in after it fell overboard…

[Captain Phil]

This happens all the time in Miami. Kids rent jet skis to run down the beach. If they run out of gas or have a breakdown, they can drift offshore.  My wife and I once rescued two scuba divers who got separated from their boat.  Hypothermia is the least of your problems when you are treading water drifting towards the Bahamas. 

[padlin]

20 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Yup ~

A-Jay

 

I've seen this chart before, can anyone define "loss of dexterity"? would it mean you can't swim, or not be able to use your fingers?

 

[A-Jay]

43 minutes ago, padlin said:

 

I've seen this chart before, can anyone define "loss of dexterity"? would it mean you can't swim, or not be able to use your fingers?

 

There are a number of factors that can & do effect how much and how long it takes.

Can and usually does vary with each individual.

The chart is a 'for reference' deal which displays an average perhaps.

IME, loss of dexterity starts in the extremities and works it's way in.

So hands & feet get cold first and so on.

In extreme survival circumstances a body will attempt to preserve life sustaining processes.

Eventually at the cost of hand & limb dexterity and grip strength. 

This becomes a concern if a victim is 'trying to swim to safety', tread water

or is 'hanging on' to something to stay afloat.  

Without a proper fitting and quality life jacket on,

it can go down hill pretty quickly after that. 

Stay Safe

A-Jay