mark reed
Member III
I'm pretty torn up this week. On Monday, a good friend died of a heart attack, aboard his sailboat (a Bristol Channel Cutter, not an Ericson) while cruising in Mexico. I take heart from the fact that he was out there doing what he wanted to do, but I grieve for his partner who is left behind with the boat and her memories. I'll be heading down next week to help her take the boat to dry storage.
A couple of lessons here for me:
1. to get out and enjoy as much time as I can doing what I love, before its too late, and
2. to look into getting an AED (automated external defibrillator) for the boat. Ironically, my friend believed in going simple and light, but one of these might have saved his life.
Latitude 38 kindly ran this story for my friend: http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicLat/2007/0307/Mar14/Mar14.html#anchor433533
A couple of lessons here for me:
1. to get out and enjoy as much time as I can doing what I love, before its too late, and
2. to look into getting an AED (automated external defibrillator) for the boat. Ironically, my friend believed in going simple and light, but one of these might have saved his life.
Latitude 38 kindly ran this story for my friend: http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicLat/2007/0307/Mar14/Mar14.html#anchor433533