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#302520 - 10/11/24 10:55 PM Man rescued, floating on cooler
Ratch Offline
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A fellow floating on a cooler gets rescued. Looks like a fairly sizeable cooler, and he was wearing a life jacket. Not certain if the emergency beacon mentioned was his personal item, or one that came with the boat. Regardless, a lucky fellow.

https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/coast-guard-rescues-man-floating-cooler-30-miles-florida-coast

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#302521 - 10/15/24 09:50 AM Re: Man rescued, floating on cooler [Re: Ratch]
Ren Offline
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Registered: 11/05/07
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Loc: Wales, UK
That's the second story seen recently where a cooler was used.

The previous story it contained the crew's water & food.

Seems quite a valuable item on a boat in emergency.

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#302522 - 10/16/24 12:48 PM Re: Man rescued, floating on cooler [Re: Ratch]
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Or bring your own plastic bucket with a tight fitting lid on next time you go boating. A great floating device.


Edited by Herman30 (10/16/24 12:49 PM)

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#302523 - 10/16/24 02:39 PM Re: Man rescued, floating on cooler [Re: Ratch]
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Registered: 11/05/07
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Loc: Wales, UK

Yeah, blue barrels or curtec daren drums standard equipment in canoeing or caving.

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