Just a reminder to be carefully out there

[starcrafttom]

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5334527987001/?#sp=show-clips

and how many things should he have done?? GO......

[South of Heaven]

I've followed this story since it happened, especially since it's in my backyard.

IMO the guy is a idiot. You don't play around with New England winters. They are brutal. He was lucky because the ambient temperature was over freezing and his overturned boat was floating. Also he had a float plan, sort of. His wife called the authorities after a few hours of him not returning. He should play the lottery, he's a lucky son of a gun.

http://www.thehulltruth.com/northeast/822857-boater-rescued-after-13-hours-2.html#post10004444

[jer2]

02/24/17 Thanks...Good 'reality' reminder....I know this location very well in So. Yarmouth MA (Seagull Beach on Parker's River inlet...near Bass River) In summer season, this location is very busy with kayakers, sail & power boats, commercial offshore fishermen, even hotel tourist boat para gliders and he would have been seen and rescued quickly. In winter, the area is almost deserted except for an occasional large commercial fishing boat or ferries transiting to/from Nantucket. Indeed, he was very lucky after he 'flipped' his small 14' boat off shore in 50s degree ocean.

John Roark
2008 CD 16C w/Honda 50 OB
"R&R"
Upper Potomac River (VA)

[hardee]

Give him 1 point. He had his PFD on. Half a point for half a float plan.

No Radio, No PLB, no paddle or oars.

Lucky. It just wasn't his time yet.

Good reminder, anything can happen, anytime. PLAN AHEAD.

Harvey
SleepyC

[BrentB]

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/02/boater_rescued_after_13_hours_in_frigid_sea

Severely Hypothermic Man Rescued After Clinging To Boat For 13 Hours


A 36-year-old Medford man spent 13 desperate hours clinging to the top of a 10-foot aluminum boat with half of his body submerged in near-freezing water before the U.S. Coast Guard found him and pulled him out of the frigid ocean after his vessel capsized in Nantucket Sound, officials said.

The frantic search for Arthur Moscufo began around 1:20 a.m. yesterday, when his worried girlfriend called the U.S. Coast Guard to report that he hadn’t returned home from a trip out on the Bass River earlier in the day, according to a release. Less than an hour later, the Coast Guard said a 42-foot rescue boat was dispatched from the agency’s Chatham station to search for Moscufo, which was soon joined by an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew.



Harbormasters from Harwich, Yarmouth and Dennis and firefighters from Yarmouth and Hyannis also assisted with the search, officials said.

At about 4 a.m., the Jayhawk helicopter crew spotted Moscufo “clinging to the hull of his capsized boat” about 21⁄2 miles southwest of the Bass River in Nantucket Sound wearing a life jacket, shirt, jeans and sneakers, according to the release. The Coast Guard rescue boat quickly responded to the scene, pulled Moscufo from the 37-degree water and rendered emergency first aid before he was rushed by ambulance to nearby Cape Cod Hospital. A hospital spokeswoman said Moscufo was in stable condition and recovering last night.




Calls to Moscufo’s family members were unreturned last night.

In a statement, a Coast Guard official said Moscufo’s nearly fatal ordeal should serve as a warning to other boaters who are thinking of venturing out this winter.

“I cannot stress enough the importance of checking the water temperature before going on the water in the winter months,” Operations Specialist 2nd class Michelle Crocker, of Sector Southeastern New England, said in a statement, adding that “support provided by our interagency partners from the Cape Cod Mutual Response System ensured the successful outcome of this overdue case.”




























































































































































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A 36-year-old Medford man spent 13 desperate hours clinging to the top of a 10-foot aluminum boat with half of his body submerged in near-freezing water before the U.S. Coast Guard found him and pulled him out of the frigid ocean after his vessel capsized in Nantucket Sound, officials said.

The frantic search for Arthur Moscufo began around 1:20 a.m. yesterday, when his worried girlfriend called the U.S. Coast Guard to report that he hadn’t returned home from a trip out on the Bass River earlier in the day, according to a release. Less than an hour later, the Coast Guard said a 42-foot rescue boat was dispatched from the agency’s Chatham station to search for Moscufo, which was soon joined by an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew.



Harbormasters from Harwich, Yarmouth and Dennis and firefighters from Yarmouth and Hyannis also assisted with the search, officials said.



At about 4 a.m., the Jayhawk helicopter crew spotted Moscufo “clinging to the hull of his capsized boat” about 21⁄2 miles southwest of the Bass River in Nantucket Sound wearing a life jacket, shirt, jeans and sneakers, according to the release. The Coast Guard rescue boat quickly responded to the scene, pulled Moscufo from the 37-degree water and rendered emergency first aid before he was rushed by ambulance to nearby Cape Cod Hospital. A hospital spokeswoman said Moscufo was in stable condition and recovering last night.





Calls to Moscufo’s family members were unreturned last night.

In a statement, a Coast Guard official said Moscufo’s nearly fatal ordeal should serve as a warning to other boaters who are thinking of venturing out this winter.

“I cannot stress enough the importance of checking the water temperature before going on the water in the winter months,” Operations Specialist 2nd class Michelle Crocker, of Sector Southeastern New England, said in a statement, adding that “support provided by our interagency partners from the Cape Cod Mutual Response System ensured the successful outcome of this overdue case.”






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[thataway]

I was in West Marine today and was checking out the size of the PLBs. I came upon A display by Ocean Signal They have a PLB which was about $300, and half the size of any other others--truly pocket size! Also of interest was the was the slightly bigger MOB 1 (standing for Man overboard).

[hardee]

Bob, Nice find. I looked at an AIS alerting device before I went up north last summer. I think it is a great idea provided 1. You have an AIS receiver on the boat; and 2. You have more than one person aboard, so that there is someone to bring the boat back to the MOB.

It is worth noting that the MOB-1 DOES NOT notify ANY rescue center.

From their website: "The Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1 Personal AIS Beacon does not alert rescue authorities."

In an emergency, the rescueME MOB1 provides 2 methods of rapidly communicating your position, accurate to a few meters, back to the vessel, and also provides visual indication via the built in strobe light. An additional feature of the MOB1, is its ability to activate the DSC alarm on your vessels VHF, alerting your crew to the situation.

The presence of AIS (at least receive), is increasing on the water, however, from 2 very blatant experiences last summer, not every skipper pays any attention to their MFD, VHF or even out the window, sometimes for very long periods (15 - 20 minutes in one case), at a time. ("BeAlert" if you are lurking on this sight, You know who you are.

Harvey
SleepyC