Sailor Having An Incredibly Bad Day on SF Bay

Tombstone · 04-05-2005, 11:21 AM

Yachtsea - Your roll!

This is in the San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge. A super treacherous place to be especially if you don't know what you are doing. This guy was clueless. (Too close to the south side, heading downwind into breaking surf, no knowledge of the shallow depth there, etc.)

http://sfsurvey.com/photos/sail/imagepages/image1.htm

Bothwell · 04-05-2005, 11:30 AM

Was he one of the guys in the surf? did he get out OK

Tombstone · 04-05-2005, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Bothwell

Was he one of the guys in the surf? did he get out OK

Yes, check out the later photos. Coast Guard to the rescue!

Hawke · 04-05-2005, 11:47 AM

...and a very expensive sailboat is now a very expensive home for fish

telaquapacky · 04-06-2005, 02:01 PM

I worked at the presidio while I was in school at Berkeley. I asked one of my patients who was in the Coast Guard how often people jump off the GG bridge. She said she don't know but they drag out of the water or recover from the beach on average two dead bodies every three weeks. (This info is 17 years old)

04-05-2005, 11:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tombstone Little did I know... Supporting Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Idaho Panhandle Posts: 3,511	Sailor Having An Incredibly Bad Day on SF Bay Yachtsea - Your roll! This is in the San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge. A super treacherous place to be especially if you don't know what you are doing. This guy was clueless. (Too close to the south side, heading downwind into breaking surf, no knowledge of the shallow depth there, etc.) http://sfsurvey.com/photos/sail/imagepages/image1.htm __________________ where are we going? why am i in this handbasket?
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04-05-2005, 11:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bothwell Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Country, England Posts: 1,037	Re: Sailor Having An Incredibly Bad Day on SF Bay Was he one of the guys in the surf? did he get out OK __________________ "I have done my duty. I thank God for it!"
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04-05-2005, 11:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
Hawke Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Back of Beyond Posts: 446	Re: Sailor Having An Incredibly Bad Day on SF Bay ...and a very expensive sailboat is now a very expensive home for fish
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04-06-2005, 02:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
telaquapacky Unconquerable Good Will Supporting Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Near Sequoia Natl Park Posts: 753	Re: Sailor Having An Incredibly Bad Day on SF Bay I worked at the presidio while I was in school at Berkeley. I asked one of my patients who was in the Coast Guard how often people jump off the GG bridge. She said she don't know but they drag out of the water or recover from the beach on average two dead bodies every three weeks. (This info is 17 years old)
Local Time: 07:57 AM Local Date: 12-02-2008

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