A person can get physical harm when he/she falls overboard, depending on the fall�s nature. Both vessels should turn to starboard (right). The end result was a 14-15 inch stick, replete with razor sharp nodules that cut deep into the skin. What did go get the switch mean? It meant grabbing a tree branch from outside and de-leafing it down to nothing more than bare wood.
We knew we were in for it when he told one of us to, �Go get the switch�.
