Rescue Rescue

It's our second day of vacation and we have already conducted TWO rescues!

The first one was on Friday nite.

After I got done working (I worked from the cabin that day), I met Jim, Drew, Gracie and Jeremy down on the boat. We were going out for a swim off the boat. On our way to the bouy we were going to tie up to, Jeremy saw a sail boat go over. That happens all the time on the lake so we didn't think much of it. But as we were watching, we didn't see any people surface. So we started motoring in their direction. As we approached, we saw an older woman and man (late 60's). The woman was having a hard time clinging to the hull of the overturned boat and the man was trying unsuccessfully to upright the boat.

We asked if they needed help and they said "YES"! So the woman swam to our boat and got in it while Jim dove in to help the man with the boat. The boat's sails were filled with water so there was NO way it was going to be turned over. So while Drew manuevered our boat and Jim held onto the keel, the man undid the sails. Once the sails were down, Jeremy stood inside our boat and pulled the mast up out of the water while the man and Jim pulled on the keel.

While this was all happening, the PML boat patrol was no where in sight! So I called the front gate on Jim's cell phone and asked them to call the marina and send help!

Once the sailboat was over, it kept wanting to tip because it was so filled with water! So Jim bailed it out while treading water. The boat patrol showed up and towed the sail boat in while we took the woman to the shore.

The woman was soooo grateful that she kept offering dessert, drinks, batteries....anything we needed! We said, "no need, we are just sorry that our capes are in SJ!" Then we told her we were going fishing that nite and she said she thought we would have really good luck fishing because of our good deed!




The second rescue occurred on Saturday nite.

We went out on the boat to watch the fireworks (it was an awesome show) and once the fireworks were over, boats were headed in all different directions trying to get home. We decided to just sit there for awhile to let the chaos settle down.

While waiting there, a boat close to us started drifting into us as they were trying to start their boat. Everytime they tried to start it, smoke billowed out of the engine.

Finally, as they were close to hitting us they said they had no power. So we grabbed hold of them (to keep us from crashing into them) and looked at their engine to help them. Turns out that there was a rope wrapped around their propeller! The people in their boat could not get to it as they were at the wrong angle. So we pulled up our boat to their engine and Jim untangled the rope for them!