Splash

Walking down the dock on Saturday morning, we talked for a couple of minutes with vice commodore John Berry as he was getting ready to work on a dinghy he is going to sell.

Going to the car, we heard a SPLASH behind us.  Hans and I dropped everything on the dock and rushed over to where John had fallen into the water.  Once we saw that he was alright and swimming, I did the only thing I could think of: TOOK PICTURES!!!

John swimming around his boat

The club had installed some ladders on the finger on the other side of his boat.  They were testing these to be installed on all docks as we have had several of people fall off the docks/boats in the last couple of years.  Turns out our pilot dock ladder doesn't go far enough into the water for someone to get back on the dock by themselves.  Hans had to haul him up to the first rung.

I checked the water temperature, and it was 16.4 degrees C.

I shudder thinking what could have happened if the water was colder, John had hit his head, or we weren't there to hear the splash!

To quote John:

"There are 2 kinds of sailors: those that have fallen in, and those that will"!