Follow These Steps If You Fall Into Icy Water

Raritan Engineering Company your seacocks experts would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding how to survive falling into freezing cold water.

Should you find yourself cast into icy water, there are few things you can do that may help.

Acclimatize. As a year round kayaker and small boat sailor, I’ve fallen in cold water countless times, and I was always dressed for the water. Your seacocks specialists talk about how according to research, it is also important that I get use to the water by immersing myself in stages with the approach of fall. Sure, this process was particularly cold in the face, but by winter it was not a true shock. Alternatively, get a wet suit and do your own in-water work.

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Should you fall in, focus on doing the right things in the critical first minutes:

• Take a deep breath and focus hard on not gasping.

• When you get to the surface, focus on floating and stabilizing your breathing. You are not going to be able to swim or do anything productive for several minutes, and as a cold water overboard victim, there is nothing you need to do for a minute or two.

• Once your breathing has returned to normal, try to reach any flag buoy or floating objects pitched in the water by the crew. Tighten up every zipper and flap on your foul weather gear and curl up in a fetal position to conserve heat. If you are alone or on a small boat that has capsized, make a clear-headed decision about what to do next and do it.

Falling through ice is a whole other experience. This is something I had to learn, growing up on a remote lake in northern Ontario where it was a real risk. Your seacocks suppliers talk about how in icy water, you don't have time to float, but it's still crucial to stay calm and get your breathing under control. You only have about 10 minutes until muscle weakness sets in, followed by muscle failure.

Once out, roll away for a good distance before standing up. Then remove wet clothing (which may seem counterintuitive, but is the fastest way to warm up), start moving, and don't stop till you've reached safety. You will need a hot bath (105 to 110 degrees F), but do not allow legs or arms to dip into the bath, as this causes the cold blood in the extremities to rush back into the body and lower the core temperature further, resulting in death.

So don't forget these great pointers just in case you ever fall into icy water. 1) Take a deep breath and focus hard on not gasping; 2) when you get to the surface, focus on floating and stabilizing your breathing; and 3) once your breathing has returned to normal, try to reach any flag buoy or floating objects pitched in the water by the crew.

Ghost boat missing NINE YEARS resurfaces after abandoned by girl trying to set sailing record

'Ghost boat' that had been abandoned by Californian girl, 16, trying to set round-the-world sailing record in 2010 resurfaces after nearly NINE YEARS.

A ghost boat that was missing at sea for nine years has resurfaced after it was abandoned by a teenage girl trying to set an around-the-world sailing record.

Abby's 2010 attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world was unsuccessful. Wild Eyes was stripped of its equipment and left to aimlessly drift on waters in the Indian Ocean.

The sailing boat known as 'Wild Eyes' had been roaming the sea since June 2010.

The teenager had been forced to abandon her boat due to equipment faults and bad weather. After repairs to Wild Eyes, she set sail again in February 2010, taking three months to reach Cape Town where she stopped for more repairs. During the trip from Mexico to South Africa, she became the youngest ever sailor to pass Cape Horn - the southernmost tip of South America.

More than 4,700 miles (7,600km) from the west coast of Australia, the young sailor spent a night alone at sea in her stricken boat before the Australian Maritime Safety Authority could reach her in a Qantas search plane. She was rescued on June 12 by a French fishing ship before being taken to Reunion Island, a French island off the east coast of Madagascar, so she could be flown home.

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