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Old 02-16-2018, 08:44 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by twistedtree View Post
If you have a raft and no suits, and do a water entry into the raft, you will have some mighty cold people. Hitting cold water can cause people to seize up and drown long before hyperthermia....
Had my first experience with cold water swimming this summer when a rope found our prop shaft. All normal attempts to get it off failed, so into the water I went with the intention of cutting it free by hand. As soon as I was in the water up to my chest it was impossible to take a deep breath and hold it. (Luckily, a commercial diver was nearby).

This was near Klemtu, BC...in August.
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