It easy to get complacent about what we are doing in ours boats.
Think about this story which happened over the weekend.
The husband of a collegue here at work has been boating for years.
The other day he is going down to the boat like thousands of times before. He has some groceries in his hands and is about to step onto the platform. His foot missed a bit and he slipped and fell into the drink. Somehow either going down or trying to get back up he cut his leg severely on the prop. 50 staples worth ! Tore calf muscle and lost plenty of blood. Surgery for three hours.
He came up under the platform and panicked thinking he could not get back up. Luckily some dockmates heard him go in and came over and pulled him out. He was incoherent from the shock. Just imagine how this could have turned out. Another minute and he might have gone down for good.
Lucky is an understatement.
It made me think of how routine it is doing some things are on my boat, but what can actually happen even with all the experience I/we have.
End of lecture..........
