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[quote=fa1321][quote=andrewscott][quote]I had to swim to shore and the CG totaled my 5.5 I[/quote]
please elaborate [/quote] Its on this website somewhere but basically I got thrown off my boat by a BIG wave and the North Wind used my tramp as a sail and blew my boat away so fast my only choice was to swim in to shore my wife called the coast gaurd and by the time we got to my boat and tried to sail it back against a strong North wind the CG got tired of waiting for us to get it back and told my buddy to get in the CG boat and they would tow my boat back but the way they secured it to thier boat it was destoyed from being pounded on the side of the CG boat.If you can avoid it never get towed back by the CG they do not even have to do it they are not required to rescue boats just to save lives so unless your in real trouble do not call them I had my VHF radio on my tramp and not on me so my wife did not know I was ok and after 20 minutes of watching my boat floating further out to sea she called the CG but its my fault for not wearing my VHF now I never sail without on my pfd.
<em>edited by: fa1321, Aug 26, 2010 - 10:08 AM</em> [/quote]

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