Today as we were sitting down to lunch we heard loud screams for help coming from outside and thought " oh no, one of our neighbors is in the water again!" This time it happened to be a gentleman who had fallen off his boat out in the middle of the Chanel...he going one direction and his sailboat, under power, going another. 
Neil and Stewart hopped in the skiff and sped off to the rescue, literally! He was an older man from South America who was moving his boat to another mooring...fell off his boat and almost sank as his boots filled with water wanting to pull him under.Another vessel, did maneuvers around him until they were able to pick him up as Stewart climbed aboard his sailboat and started moving her back towards the shivering owner. Soon thereafter the police boats showed up, did their duty, than Neil offered to climb aboard and help him move his boat to the other side of the bay... Yep, the boys are heroes... Stewart helped get Neil safely aboard from the skiff and away they went.
They powered safely to a new harbor and got the boat secured to its new mooring without a hitch. The grateful man and new friend was very sweet, very relieved to be on his way home after a most invigorating dip in the bay... We hope to get together with him and his family soon.......
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I have no crystal ball, so I don't have a clew what this year will be like. But "the rescue" indicates that the overboard boater could be the luckyest swimmer in San Diego bay. Tiffin your intire family are hero's.
This also reminds me to check to see if I can get my foul weather boots off when I am in the drink. I cannot imagion how heavy they would be. Barry
You know that is something no one ever mentions either...being in so cal we don't wear all the gear, we hardly wear shoes! As far as predictions go, does a magic 8 ball count? Ha ha... All signs point to " no".
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