The Corinthian Crier

Because there's plenty to cry about!

First Aid Quiz - Annual Meeting - Corinthian Challenge - Egg Nog Party - Santa's Brunch - Thanksgiving - First Aid Class

It's late, cold and dark

You're walking past the docks and hear a faint cry. You look down to see a member in the water, barely holding on to the edge of the deck. The member's speech is slow, slurry, and somewhat incoherent. You grab his wrist and somehow get him out of the water. Now what do you do?

You have till the end of this email to answer right, then sign up for the on-the-water first aid class. Your options:
• Push him back in, he voted the wrong way at the Annual Meeting.
• Scream for help.
• Rum and/or gin will warm him up.
• Hot compresses to the legs and arms to allow the warm blood to circulate to his core.
• Aw, he'll be fine, he's not even shivering!
• Strip naked and lie real close
• similar to above, but get him inside first
• Something else

Some of the above may save him, others may kill him. Think carefully! If only there were some sort of class for this.

The final Corinthian Challenge Regatta

Your victim above may not have goosebumps, but your trophy in this race may show a bit of the Chicken Skin. The final act of the Corinthian Challenge will be Saturday the tenth. Come see next year's Rear Commodore and next year's Race Director in action. Do we know who they are? Sure we do, but we're pretending we don't, so mum's the word. Meet in the bar beforehand for Skippers meeting at 11am. What? You want sailing instructions too? Okay.

How's that guy in the water doing? Bet he wishes he was wearing flotation!

Annual Meeting

Just a reminder that our 121st Annual Meeting will take place Friday. The incoming slate is running unopposed, but the question arises: who will make the motion to install them? The tension is so thick you can cut it with a knife.

Of course, we'll have reports, and the State of the Club, and discussions, and questions of varying perspicacity. Vote-counting. Seriously, it's the participation and vigilance of our members that help keep (or in some cases return) the club on an even keel. We encourage questions.

7pm meeting, 6 pm buffet dinner.

Hmmm. What else?

• Thanksgiving buffed dinner on, well, Thanksgiving.

• Eggnog party December 1, thanks to the efforts of TCW. Note (as I have learned the hard way my first one): this is a pot-luck event with noggy beverages provided. Men wear nice clothes, as do the ladies. As it turns out, Tee-Shirt and Jeans does not count as "nice." This is pretty much a grown-up event, in sharp distinction to....
• Santa's Brunch December 9! This is a great event for the kiddies, fostering, as it does, implicit trust of rotund bearded men bearing gifts.
• Hint: If you gave your victim rum or gin, you may well have have done him in. It only makes things worse. Egg nog, on the other hand...
• Monday Night Football continues on Mondays.

First Aid On the Water Class

Injury on or near the water is bad. The bay is cold, and you are often an hour or so from land (more in my boat). The ability to administer first aid, and to know the difference between a minor injury and a serious trauma (think "bonk on the head") can be critical to the confidence, health, and comfort of yourself, passengers, and crew. There'll be a class at CYC on November 18. Great stuff, good times. Sign up now

What about the Cold Corinthian? If you chose to push him back in, leave him there, or dose him with booze, you may have killed him. If he's not shivering, he may be in an advanced state of hypothermia. If you warm him up too fast, especially the arms and legs, you may pull blood from the heart and trigger a bigger emergency. The key is steady gentle warming. Body to body contact helps and it's best side to side, not facing. Warm drinks, a blanket, and a call to 911 will do the trick.

Of course, not falling in is a good idea too, but if you can get out alive, so much the better Sign up for the class now

Speaking of Getting out Alive

I gotta sign off now and go shopping for some silver stars. See ya!