As part of our Wednesday night series, for about 12 or so years, we require
each boat to do a man overboard drill. At first, we actually had someone jump
overboard, but this got a bit hectic, so now we ask that in the proper spirit
of things, the skipper or his/her designee toss a buoy or cushion overboard
with no previous notice. To give proper incentive, you have five points added
to your score (low point system) until you verify your drill.
You can't test the Lifesling that way, but you can realize how long it takes
for the boat to get in order, slowed, and in position to retrieve. We did test
the lifesling earlier and that was interesting as well. I'm glad that our
designated jumper had a life vest on..... it took longer to get back than one
would expect.
Gary
St. Michaels MD
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From: Joel Aronson
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List MOB recovery procedures
FWIW In the Safety at Sea demo they used a Lifesling for double handing.
Just keep circling the victim and the line will come to the swimmer.
Joel
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On May 24, 2013, at 4:14 PM, Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> wrote:
If under sail, I prefer to hove to immediately after pushing the MOB
button. That will almost immediately stop the boat and in many cases blow it
back to the victim. This is the drill for my wife and I as we predominantly
double hand. Without more crew and free hands it is challenging to catch a
mainsail AND furl a headsail (heaven forbid a non-furler headsail).
Once you get hove-to it is easy to leave the helm and perform the rescue.
If the hove-to does not get you (close enough) to the victim just let the
headsail sheet out to tack over and then sail back to the victim. By this time
you can deploy the life sling and perform the rescue maneuver prescribed by
them.
As we learned the hard way, don't try to sail to victim. You will likely
pass them by with surprising speed. Sail past with the victim on the windward
side and then turn into the wind as they pass somewhere behind the mast.
Turning actually moves the stern away, again it gets you close but not too
close. You will again be hove-to where you can more easily perform a rescue.
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
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Hey guys,
Nobody here has a GPS? I think a very early action is a push or two on the
MOB button... prominent on most plotters.
Push if ya got it! and toss the MOB pole.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 10:35 PM 23/05/2013, you wrote:
Racing season is ramping up. Time to discuss MOB procedures. This ought
to be interesting.
Here's a couple of reference sites. Note the different procedures and
the advantages of each.
< http://www.gosailing.info/Man%20Overboard.htm>
< http://www.rorc.org/general-conditions/man-overboard.html>
Note the disagreement on whether to recover the MOB on the windward or
the leeward side. Also note that one site recommends immediate deployment of
the MOB marker and one site says to deploy it if first attempt at recovery
fails.
Which methods do you favor? Are you prepared? Does your crew know what
to do?
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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