Guest Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Rodney King drowned recently (tonights news) apparently after drinking all day and going for a swim. Seems to me that if you can't walk properly then you won't be able to swim. I vaguely remember being 17, pissed enought to sing on the bus on the way home from work at xmas eve. Mate and i went for a swim at the beach , less than 1 foot of swell, found a rip and came so close to drowning it was not funny. If you can't walk you can't swim! RIP Rodney King. Link to post Share on other sites
Rats 28 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 There has been more than a few instances of pissed yachties coming home from the pub and falling off the pasarelle whilst boarding their boats in the med, sadly some of them don't surface. I have always made sure after hearing bout that to always have a way of getting back on the boat, usually a boarding ladder deployed or a tender tied off alongside just in case before I go out. Never needed it myself but on one occasion my next door neighbour in the marina did and he was most thankful the next morning Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I have had to help fish two dock neighbours out of the water after they drowned (one was a few weeks in the water before we found him - nasty), both after drinking heavily. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Horrendous Ogre. Yes I think swimming is a very much highly synchronised effort that is badly effected by booze. Used to practise full contact Karate and if I'd had one beer I was useless. I wonder if any studies have been taken in regards to swimming and booze. Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I have had to help fish two dock neighbours Now ya see, there is a subtle difference between the Sober and the Drunk. The Drunk would are more "I have had to help fish" and the sentence pretty much ends there. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Had a quick google about this morning and it seems booze is involved in 30% of drownings in NSW and more than 50% in Canada. It would be interesting, fun and of great use to run a study on a group of peoples swimming ability after set numbers of drinks. Would make entertaining tv too. Link to post Share on other sites
too_tall 15 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 This is something I always think about when climbing onto boats at the marina when we have been out in town enjoying ourselves ( we live quite a long way from the nearest town, so if we go out drinking we often stay on either our or a friends boat if there is one near where we intend drinking ) It would not be hard to end up in the water between the boat and finger, and if your properly drunk, there is no telling what you might consider to be a good plan for getting back out of the water. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I guess thats the crux of the problem Too tall. Not realising the danger!!! Link to post Share on other sites
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