Key West 2011

andrew okun

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NyJboat said:
Looking at the scratch sheet notice a couple of interesting things.

The new Titan is listed with Bill Koch as the owner. I know it was for sale last summer and that it was taken out for a test drive during NYYC Race Week. Did he buy it from Tom Hill or just chartering?

Scotts buddy ********** has Yacht Club de Monaco listed as registered club. What no clubs in the US will take him?

2 Farr40 owners, Barking Mad and Groveiderchi are listed as sailing Farr30s. They both have both boats so does that mean that there will be no Farr40 class in KW? That would have to be the first time in at least 10 yrs maybe longer.

What is the "BAB Contest" that some lucky winner gets to sail a new J111 in the PHRF div?
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i heard a rumor the whole lawsuit thing was because Scooter blackballed Dan from SAYC.

any truth to this?

 
DryArmour

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Still think Dengue Fever isn't serious?

Legendary Surfer Andy Irons dead at age 32.

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andrew okun

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getting back to the topic of the thread -

69 entries 70 entries (Vela Veloce jumped in)

75 days til racing

who else is going? (skeeters or not...)

 
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MR.CLEAN

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Pretty sad, with a 7-month pregnant wife. WebMD says that since Andy had Dengue at least once before (in Bali), he could've come down with Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, which hits you after your first bout with the disease. Also being investigated is painkiller overdose according to the WebMD story. http://blogs.webmd.c...ngue-death.html

Three-time world surfing champion Andy Irons has died at age 32, reportedly of dengue fever.

 

Irons was yesterday found dead in a Dallas/Fort Worth hotel room. He was returning home to Hawaii from Puerto Rico, where he withdrew from a surfing competition due to illness. According to media reports, Irons told his family that he had caught dengue fever while in Portugal.

 

Portugal recently reported a surge in the kinds of mosquitoes that transmit dengue, but there is no known dengue outbreak there or in Western Europe. Dengue is endemic in Puerto Rico. Dengue symptoms can appear as soon as three days after the bite of a dengue-virus-carrying mosquito, but it isn't clear how long Irons was in Puerto Rico — nor it is confirmed that Irons truly suffered from dengue.

 

Another surfer said that both he and Irons had fallen ill with similar symptoms while in Portugal, and that there was a lot of mosquito activity in the area.

 

Dengue is the fastest growing mosquito-borne illness in the world. Mosquitoes capable of spreading the disease are increasing their range, likely due to global warming.

 

There are four strains of dengue virus. Infection with any of the strains causes a high fever AND at least one other symptom:

 

  • Severe headache
  • Severe eye pain (behind eyes)
  • Joint pain
  • Muscle and/or bone pain
  • Rash
  • Mild bleeding manifestation (e.g., nose or gum bleed, petechiae, or easy bruising)
  • Low white cell count
Symptoms usually are milder the first time a person has dengue. The most dangerous thing about dengue is that a second infection — with a different strain of the virus — can trigger dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). As Irons has traveled to many tropical nations during his extraordinary career, there would have been many opportunities for prior dengue infection. Former world champion surfer Mark Occhilupo told the Sydney Morning Herald that Irons had come down with dengue several years ago in Bali.

 

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a sneak killer, although with proper medical care the death rate is about 1%. DHF appears AFTER a first bout of fever, usually on day 4 or day 5 of a dengue illness. The infection causes fluid to leak from small blood vessels, which can lead to profound shock, organ damage, and death.

 

Even if Irons truly had dengue, it's not clear that this was the cause of death.Investigators reportedly found powerful prescription painkillers in his hotel room, suggesting a possible overdose if the athlete had been self-medicating for dengue-related pain. An autopsy is being performed today.

 

Compounding the tragedy of Irons' death is that his wife is seven months pregnant.

 

– Daniel J. DeNoon, WebMD Senior Medical Writer

 
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clubsailor12

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There are 55 cases of the virus called Dengue Fever (which is actually a virus) in Key West this year, 7 from visitors, 5 of these were Floridians, the rest from residents of Key West. (source, here)

The CDC says that the virus is dormant in the winter, and there are no cases ever recorded in KW in January from the historical graphs. Its a subtropical virus. You could carry it north, but the virus does not exist anywhere else in the world where it is cold. It will not spread all over the SE given it is a subtropical virus.

What this means to you as a KW sailor is, well you are not going to get dengue going to KWRW. I'm bringing my wife, mother, father and 1 year old child.

I should mention, the Farr 30 Wednesday night party is on.

 
Beverator

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RacerChaser said:
There are 55 cases of the virus called Dengue Fever (which is actually a virus) in Key West this year, 7 from visitors, 5 of these were Floridians, the rest from residents of Key West. (source, here)

The CDC says that the virus is dormant in the winter, and there are no cases ever recorded in KW in January from the historical graphs. Its a subtropical virus. You could carry it north, but the virus does not exist anywhere else in the world where it is cold. It will not spread all over the SE given it is a subtropical virus.

What this means to you as a KW sailor is, well you are not going to get dengue going to KWRW. I'm bringing my wife, mother, father and 1 year old child.

I should mention, the Farr 30 Wednesday night party is on.
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Cool. We just got a house and now a party!

 
Rich Frye

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Got back a month ago from my third trip to Costa Rica. Dengue fever ('bone break fever', or 'bone crusher disease')is not something I'd want to catch again.

 
Gretesbe

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'Chaser

Thanks for adding some real information here.

Also, anyone looking for lightweight crew??

 
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What the fuck does Clean know about statistics? Sounds more like he's going out of his way to throw some scare tactics into keeping people away from KWRW. Of course...this is just my own simple opinion...

 
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