Listen up "newbiesailor." Here's some tough love for you!
I saw you say this: ....
i do most my sailing on my 16 on tahoe and that lake is brutal and i love it. so when i sail hard failure is never an option, because there may not be somebody around to lend a helping hand... lucky for me though, there always has been someone to help.
.... and it gave me the chills. I've sailed on Tahoe once and that is all it took for me to be deathly afraid of the water there. That "warm" layer on top is cold enough to kill you, but that liquid ice that is within reach is just ridiculous. But that's not why it gave me the chills.
Almost exactly 6 years ago, there was a hobie 16 sailor who was soloing in the cold spring-time water and ended up being found to have the same temperature as the deathly cold water!
I have made a compilation of his posts to another forum where he publicized his poor judgment. I beg you to
read the attached compilation about Sven.
I sincerely hope that we never have to go through this sadness again. One martyr is already too many.
I hope that somebody will improve their own safety and chances of survival as a result of hearing of this sad story.
GARY
