I grabbed my self-inflating lifejacket in a hurry because Calvin was holding the boat in the swim area waiting for me to take over after his turn. I knew this might be a bad plan. I had no intention of dumping the laser. . . . thankfully it happened out of sight. On the edge of the lake after a gybe-turned-bad I enthusiastically moved to the other side of the boat whilst jamming the tiller in the wrong direction and sploosh I was swimming. I tried to keep the 'pill' above water but poof the velcro was tearing and I was inflating. Well, this product certainly does its job. I was kept very bouyant which aided my re-entry into the Laser after I righted it. The only problem was my chin was now rather tightly supported. Bending under the boom was now an issue. On my next tack, I knocked by baseball cap into the water which necessitated two more tacks. . .. sigh.
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