First, great job Randy. I only wish all of us would do at least as good a job as you did.
Jonathan, even at zero speed, the boat would be blown away from anyone in the water. We only think we can swim that fast. Additionally, you would have a trouble to try staying in one spot (unless you have a full set of bow and stern thrusters). And to all of us – we should practice for that. I do tie off the Life Sling to the pushpit, but I guess, I should deploy it on occasion. If nothing else, to see how big the circle this should be. And it would help if we practice on occasion in adverse conditions. The problem is that you have to convince the Admiral or the crew to do the drills (rather than having fun). Btw. Randy, at least theoretically, you could use the Sling to lift people out water (e.g. using the main tackle and the main halyard). Thanks for sharing Marek Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Indigo via CnC-List<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: June 13, 2016 18:31 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Indigo<mailto:ind...@thethomsons.us> Subject: Re: Stus-List Friday Night Rescue - now using life sling I have always understood that to deploy the life sling we should make a fairly large circle round the victim and the horseshoe would act as a sort of anchor and make the line get closer and closer to the victim without the boat needing to get close. Once the victim (assuming capable ) has grasped the line we should stop the boat and pull in the line and the victim. Have I got it wrong? -- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT > On Jun 13, 2016, at 16:34, ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > Also, keep in mind that when you use a Life Sling, when you pass by the > person in the water, you have to be close to him/her for the sling to be > within reach. _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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