Sea Day

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

that was NOT fun!!! ok, maybe just a little...

It was a beautiful, sunny day, 15c, calm sea and very little wind... and even so, it was SO F****** COOOOOOLD!!!!!!

and of course I managed to sunburned my face in a great, round pattern, like this:

The program of the morning was:
climbing a 20' net from the water to the deck on the side of a boat that swings and roll
go up and down a ladder on the same side of boat as the net about 8 times, to get in water, back on boat, down in life raft, etc.,
spend 20 minutes floating in below freezing water (it was officially -1c...) and swim in single file, then double, then make a circle
spend 15min in a life raft which was long enough for 4 of the 11 guys to be sea sick and throw up, plus 2 more turning a bit green, rescuing a person from the water
and FINALLY go back on the boat and to the marina....

all the while wearing a neoprene suit stiff as a board, that weights about 40lbs and is one size fits nobody so your feet end up lost outside the boots while you swim.. try climbing a ladder like that :S

Ho and add being lifted from the water on a rescue boat by an aluminium net stiff enough to knock your face off and you have my day! :S

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horrible survival suits that leak / feet to armpit and let's synchronize swim!