Hypothermia / Cold Water Boot Camp

Posted on May 5, 2009 by captnmike

“Professor Popsicle” (Dr. Giesbrecht) takes eight volunteers and dunks them in 45 degree F water to show you what really happens in sudden cold water immersion and what happens as a person gets hypothermia. Graphic video shows why you should wear your lifejacket.

Professor Popsicle has developed the 1-10-1 guide to help understand what happens to people in cold water:
Cold Shock (1 minute to get your breathing under control).
Cold Incapacitation (10 minutes to self rescue yourself before your hands, arms, legs stop working).
Hypothermia (About 1 hour before you become unconscious) IMPORTANT NOTE – If you are not wearing a lifejacket only the first 10 minutes are relevant. Treatment of hypothermia is also covered. There are several must see videos on their site for everyone that is around cold water.

Cold Water Boot Camp Web Site

Instructors guide and quick reference I assembled from the Cold Water Boot Camp site materials (pdf 9 pages)

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How to tie a Bowline with your left hand

Posted on May 2, 2009 by captnmike

How to tie a Bowline with you left hand has been updated to a more web friendly version.

Help for a left handed person tying a Bowline.  Here is a one page instruction sheet showing how to tie a Bowline with your left hand.

Many places show how to tie a Bowline using your right hand, not so many to help a left handed person tie the Bowline.    A few years ago I taught myself to tie the Bowline using my left hand for classes I teach.  This year I added this handout for my students.  I hope this helps your boating skills.

 

How to tie a Bowline with your left hand (pdf 1 page)

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The Dim View sees the light

Posted on May 2, 2009 by captnmike

A snap shot of Alaska Cannery life from the 1980’s at the Icicle Seafoods, Seward Fish (SFI) plant in Seward Alaska.

Recently two copies of the Dim View, an underground newspaper published by person or persons unknown at the Icicle Seafoods,  Seward Fish Cannery (SFI) in Seward Alaska were tucked under my web site.  In the interest of preserving history I have decided to publish them to the web.  The paper was published to give the Rabble a true voice, to allow Speaking Truth To Power.  The paper was well received and quickly became a true collector’s item.  The Dim View was highly regarded as a much higher quality and more informative rag than the company mouthpiece.  The Dim View provides a look into the life and psych of a Seward Fish (SFI) Fish Picker in 1985 (sometimes referred to as “the good old days”).  Well punk – ask yourself – were you born to slime or not? Continue reading →

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Wandering from Juneau to XIP and Around Alaska

Posted on October 16, 2008 by captnmike

Before Captnmike was Captnmike I wandered about in Alaska as a Cannery Hack Here I am on my way into XIP to help them start their cannery.

Yes there is a runway down there, this is a wide and long runway.

Yes there is a runway down there, this is a wide and long runway.

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Starting Before Captnmike

Posted on October 10, 2008 by captnmike

In the beginning there was the Alaska Cannery Hack and Machinist starting at the bottom of the ladder of success at Pederson Point one of New England Fish Company’s (NEFCO)  Salmon Cannery close to Naknek Alaska in Bristol Bay.

Captnmike’s wanderings took him to False Pass, King Cove, Kodiak, Cordova and Seward.

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