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Editor's Note

Don't Rock the Boat

A fter spending nearly three hours crashing j 1 through the swells about a mile off of

JL JLjamaica's southern coast on a recent trip over

Thanksgiving break, I had an epiphany regarding the contribution marine safety product and system manu- facturers make to our industry. Not that I ever doubt- ed the importance of safety products and systems; but this memorable experience simply solidified my appreciation.

Early in the trip a member of our group hatched the ingenious idea to arrange a "fishing" trip with one of the locals, and with no more detail than "$30 and 6 a.m.," I and six others agreed that this was, indeed, a good thing.

Stumbling down to the beach at 5:45 a.m. with blueberry muffin in hand, I was amazed to find that our "charter boat" was little more than a 22 x 5 ft. craft with four wooden bench seats and a 60 hp Evinrude strapped on the back; the fishing gear, literally, consisting of a pair of trolling "rods" made from tree branches. We, in essence, had paid a cumulative $240 to go to work with these guys for four hours.

In short, the safety systems onboard consisted of: • Floatation Devices: None • Electronic, or for that matter, any signaling device aside from hands waving above white caps: None • Bilge Pump: A 1/2 of an old Chlorox bottle, activated by the skipper about every five minutes as pools of water built in the boat. • Safety instructions: The captain did tell his mate to stow his spear gun after a wave knocked it back toward the passengers.

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