NY Times article by Paul Tough on the survival of John Aldridge when lost overboard

[Corley]

A fantastic article by Paul Tough on the survival of John Aldridge who was lost overboard off a lobster boat well offshore from Long Island.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/magazine/a-speck-in-the-sea.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-share

 

[missinginaction]

I thought I'd take a quick look and ended up reading the entire article. Even though I don't make a living on a boat I do tend to go out alone quite often even if I don't go very far.

This story makes you think.....thank you for posting it Corley.

 

[Corley]

And an article on Gcaptain that I believe raises some valid points. I have to agree that many fisherman do not seem to be well educated in or choose to ignore boat safety. When you head offshore in a yacht it's drummed into us or use tethers, lifejackets and carry a PLB it seems to be something that is not taken up by the people who are often most at risk.

http://gcaptain.com/trying-very-hard-to-die/