Corpse!

Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by CDK, Jan 18, 2009.

  1. CDK
    Joined: Aug 2007
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    Location: Adriatic sea

    CDK retired engineer

    In the 14 years we live in this deserted bay there have been more casualties. A tourist with recent triple bypasses went for a swim and said to his wife "we'll see how far I get". When he didn't return his wife warned someone with a dinghy who went fishing. The swimmer had almost reached the bay's entrance and had died there: death by stupidity.

    Another sad case was a boat-owner who had recently lost his wife. He wanted to revisit the places where he had been with her. They found him dead in the water, still attached to the lifeline from his sailing boat. We have a local phenomenon called Bora: a sudden violent storm caused by an air mass falling down the mountainous east coast of the Adriatic sea. The sailor was surprised, fell overboard and was pulled behind his fast moving boat, unable to climb back on it.
     
  2. Guillermo
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    Guillermo Ingeniero Naval

    That's why all of us should always tow behind a big bottle of beer. If we have to die, do it happily! :D

    Cheers.
     

  3. thudpucker
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    Location: Al.

    thudpucker Senior Member

    I watched a Video of a solo trip around the world. He was tied on most of the time.
    The cops refer to the water bodies as "Sinkers" n' "Floaters" and niether one's a pretty sight.

    CDK's body will probably be un-ravelled by the Forensic's at the autopsy.

    I like good mysteries. Those un-manned Boats adrift are the ultimate in mystery stories. I like to think they are sucides caused by the lonliness and boredom that sets in when you are alone with no outlook for change in the near future.
    All alone in a cabin, in the isolated Winter settings of Alaska is similar to all alone in the mid-pacific. Miles and miles of nothing but Miles and miles!

    Fear is the key to Depression. Even the most intrepid sailer would have a moment when his Fears have overtaken his sanity. If he comes out of it, he is still with us, but what if he is weak from hunger etc, then the irrational behavior continues till he just doesnt see any logical way out of his predicament.

    Then the last few minutes of the Sailors life become the makings of a good book and years of study by Psychologists.
     
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