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Originally Posted by twistedtree
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....
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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.