SloopJohnB 322 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 From Sail World She is one of the world's top sailors, with several crossings of the Atlantic under her belt and a varied and incident-prone life. But little could compare with the miraculous survival French sailor Florence Arthaud has just had taking a pee off the deck of the boat while sailing solo off the north-east corner of Corsica in the Mediterranean. She fell off. She told a French TV station that she 'quite simply fell into the water while preparing to take a pee', while sailing alone on her 33ft (10m) yacht, The Argade II, near Cap Corse. Fortunately she held onto the phone which was luckily in her hand, and which she had only bought the previous week and was encased in a waterproof covering. She called her mother in Paris, who raised the alarm. Rescue authorities then geolocated her by targeting the position of her mobile phone. Conscious but in a state of hypothermia, Ms Arthaud was rescued two hours later. She was hoisted to a helicopter and taken to to the hospital in Bastia, then released the next day. Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Oliver 154 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Geez, and I thought it was only the male of the species who died that way!! Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 and a varied and incident-prone life. Yeah well, kind of say's it all really. Obviously not taking safety as a concern. Why was she not clipped on to the boat. Sailing Solo, she should know better. Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Lucky woman!! Weve all been there, should have, could have! didn't, could it happen again, probably. lesson being, living can be fatal, had she not survived at least she had lived an interesting life. Perhaps we shoud sponser her a Shewee. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Eric Tabarly went overboard. Always said he wouldn't wear a lifejacket, and that when he drowned it would have been worth it. And so it turned out. Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 381 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Lucky woman!! Weve all been there, should have, could have! didn't, could it happen again, probably. lesson being, living can be fatal, had she not survived at least she had lived an interesting life. Perhaps we shoud sponser her a Shewee. It's easier and far safer when sailing alone just to pee into the cockpit. Sluice it out later at your leisure if it bothers you. Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Good call Doc, Gwalarn has an aft centre board beneath the cockpit, the cockpit floor has a large drain hole into the CB cavity, why haven't I thought of that before, much safer than hanging over the stern! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Do you need a stick to get the number 2s through the drain holes? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 'Speaking of which, was talking to a liveaboard the other day who just switched to an Airhead, says the best thing he has ever done to the boat and would never go back Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 'Speaking of which, was talking to a liveaboard the other day who just switched to an Airhead, says the best thing he has ever done to the boat and would never go back Hmmm….traded the wife in for a twenty-something blond? Re:- peeing in the cockpit - the simplest solution is to have a bottle with a wide enough opening. Use, seal, empty later. The Boat then doesn't smell like a public loo. Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 You have gotta wonder if she didn't have the phone in her hand she may have been able to hang onto the boat, bloody lucky all the same. Link to post Share on other sites
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