Cold water survival training continued to a second day at Saltwater Park
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Shooting off flares Photo copyright Marc Weinberg |
Text and photos by Marc Weinberg
Thursday, Jan 22, 2015
This morning the M/V Curlew arrived again off the beach at Saltwater Park with a team training in Cold Water Survival Training.
Flare landing on water Photo copyright Marc Weinberg |
This time the trainees spent more time in the water, shot off emergency rescue flares, and were hoisted out of the water with the help of the mast on a small boat.
Ducks in a row Photo copyright Marc Weinberg |
I was amused to watch the number of sea birds flying over the operation.
Hoisting trainees out of the water Photo copyright Marc Weinberg |
While the survivors were in the water in their cold water survival suits they remained closely linked together and often looked like a row of ducks themselves.
2 comments:
This clearly refutes the City's claim at the City Council business meeting of January 5 that "there is no public access to the beach other than across the [pedestrian] bridge."
My article clearly states that the activity / training was "off the beach at Saltwater Park". I never said "I was on the beach."
In fact I was on the bluff for this article as well as the previous one on the same subject.
Marc Weinberg
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