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View Poll Results: sink or swim or save
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Can't swim
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I can float to where I hope to go.
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Good swimmer-100 to 200 yrds
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Great swimmer- 300 to 500 yrds
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I can save you life - like fish.
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02-19-2010, 01:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 4,716
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Can you swim
Being that most of us spend so much time on or near the water I was wondering how good a swimmer are s-b'ers. No one intendes to go in the drink but chit happens. Are you good enough to safe your own life. Setting aside current and water temps and wetsuits, can you swim 50,100 or 500 yrds to safe your life? How long can you last?
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02-19-2010, 01:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
Posts: 3,620
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i sink like a rock. funny you put this up, my son and i start swim lessons on tuesday
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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02-19-2010, 01:31 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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What's the water temperature? Is there any speed requirement, ie do I just have to make 500 yds or do I have to make it in under 20 min?
Swam like a fish up until about 25 but haven't tried to do much swimming in the last 30 years.
Last edited by PRBuzz; 02-19-2010 at 01:38 PM..
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 Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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02-19-2010, 01:32 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Like a Big Fish!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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02-19-2010, 01:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,295
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I use to swim on a swim team at a club in the summer. One time the string on my speedo came undone.
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02-19-2010, 01:40 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,264
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulS
I use to swim on a swim team at a club in the summer. One time the string on my speedo came undone.
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Anyone even notice?  |
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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02-19-2010, 01:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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I was modest, since I swim for fun.
I spend a fair amount of time in the water, and have for years.
Swimming tends to be required if you snorkel.
Knowing how to swim, and how to swim efficiently are 2 different things.
Sure, most of us could save our own lives, but how long can you swim for? I'm not talking distance, but time-wise, without having to stand up on land or in the water.
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02-19-2010, 02:21 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,425
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Just remember to stop and rest, don't panic
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02-19-2010, 02:24 PM
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slow eddie
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 1,494
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started working on the scallopers 54 years ago.
no one on the boat could swim either.
i can't swim the length of big fish.
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put them back alive. i do have grandkids.
as your hair gets whiter, your gear gets lighter. 
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02-19-2010, 02:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,038
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Side stroke- energy efficient and you can do it forever. Best of all your eyes won't be in the water to see all the beasties coming to nibble on you.
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02-19-2010, 02:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
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Quote:
Originally Posted by niko
i sink like a rock. funny you put this up, my son and i start swim lessons on tuesday
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I'm in a similar situation as you - 4% body fat and sink like a stone. My girlfriend's father has been nagging me for 4 years to take swimming lessons. The misses was captain of her swim team, 2 of her 3 brothers were captains and her dad was a captain of the swim team way back when. I felt like the time to learn how to swim ran out. Where are you taking lessons? |
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02-19-2010, 02:56 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
Posts: 3,620
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east bridgewater ymca.
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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02-19-2010, 03:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kingston, Ma
Posts: 2,294
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like a fish.....i have gills.......been BSA lifeguard since I was 14....used to run the pool at UMD.......Lots of practice towin Tbag around to rocks........important thing about swimmin is relax and stay calm.......
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02-19-2010, 03:26 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Personal flotation is a must for any water below 60-65d for any period of time. BTW: don't forget you are likely to be fully clothed, not just in a swim suit.
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Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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02-19-2010, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,295
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JFigliuolo
Anyone even notice? |
I was doing the freestyle. 
After being out in the sun all summer with no sun protection, I probably looked like a spot light on the new moon. |
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02-19-2010, 05:21 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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it's more important
to know how to float !
and.......................
that when you exhale
 you just lost allot of your buoyancy
which is re-gained when you inhale.... again (so relax)
it just feels like your about to sink...
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so when you exhale you need your hands to be moving
( ie- treading water)
reach out your arms straight out to your sides
now cup your hands as if trying to pick up water
-but they are sideways-ok
bring them together in front of your chest
as if your going to clap
then reverse them and then go the opposite direction...
and repeat that pushing out or pulling in the water...
that's all there is to it other than a steady sizzers (sp) kick
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me: i can sleep under water i am so relaxed....
that is the most important thing to learn !!
relaxation in the water....holding your breath helps too
for at least 2 minutes.... easy to practice that
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i agree: the Australian crawl is the only way to swim...
if you did get tired... you merely float a while
and catch your breath.... relax -> then start again..
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if you are in a rip current don't fight it...
let it take you down the beach aways and "then when it
calms down" ....then head for shore
using up every bit of your strength fighting a current stronger
than you is a foolish thing to do.... you'll never do it. |
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02-19-2010, 05:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Rockland, MA
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Spent my HS years surfing.....and pretty much sink like a rock. If you have to swim to save yourself I recommend determination and the backstroke.
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02-19-2010, 05:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 677
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not so good in waders
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A brother of the angle
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02-19-2010, 05:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: N. H. Seacoast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodyCT
Side stroke- energy efficient and you can do it forever. .
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Great advice! |
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02-19-2010, 05:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Newpawwt, RI
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learning how to float on your back can save your a$$ as too.
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02-19-2010, 06:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
Posts: 11,786
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99/100% sure if I fall in .kiss my ass good bye .
use be fine .. dive over when it got too hot digging ; or whatever ...but age / shape / && out of shape ...ain,t gonna make it ;;;;
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ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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02-19-2010, 06:25 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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I always tell myself no , but get pleasantly surprised on occasion..
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02-19-2010, 06:33 PM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
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Used to swim across lakes when I was younger. Current scares me a little though. Wearing a wetsuit is like a huge floatation device so my only problems are getting scared with whats under the water.
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Go Ugly Early 
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02-19-2010, 06:35 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 6,267
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I swim fine.....we had a family cottage on a lake for many years also went to camp....I'm kinda fat now though 
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02-19-2010, 06:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
Posts: 2,605
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redlite
like a fish.....i have gills.......been BSA lifeguard since I was 14....used to run the pool at UMD.......Lots of practice towin Tbag around to rocks........important thing about swimmin is relax and stay calm.......
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I am like you Mike. Lifeguard, swimteam etc when I was younger. Still swim like a fish. The most important thing is to remain calm and not to panic. The panic is what does a lot of people in. Currents and rips will eventually spit you out, if you remain calm conserve energy and keep a level head you should fare much better than you would think. |
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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02-19-2010, 06:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Cambridge, MA
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Swam in highschool. I was pretty good then.
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02-19-2010, 06:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 4,716
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One of my biggest fears is having to go in after someone. When I was a kid about 14 I came very close to drowning off the waters of NP and I also almost drown the guy who saved me, I was like an octopus all over him.Conditions where horrible.
I agree with you guys being calm is huge. I got caught in a rip current in surf city NC and being calm is what saved me. I fought against the current for a while then realized I had to do something else. I was in very good shape back then, when I reached the beach I've never felt so lucky...I'm just an average swimmer now.
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02-19-2010, 08:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 132
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I'm a master at the doggie paddle! Great question.
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02-19-2010, 08:57 PM
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zziplex lover
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: upper cape cod, MA
Posts: 856
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Ya.....I don't automatically sink..........
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02-19-2010, 10:57 PM
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Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Marshfield
Posts: 2,608
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My parents got me into swimming lessons down at the Middletown Y before my first memories. Grew up at Eastons beach so I swam everyday once the water was warm enough. I swam competively from grade school through my freshman year in high school and was pretty darn good. Butterfly was my specialty. 4th in Bay State games at age 13. Later in college I taught swim lessons at the Y and was a lifeguard for many years so yeah, I can save your life. I've actually pulled 3 people out of the water and did CPR once. That kind of stuff stays with you for the rest of your life. I'm out of shape now though but can still swim well but nothing like I used too.
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