not sure how many of you have thrown a life ring or horseshoe... i suggest
if you have not, try it and you'll get a sense of how close you really need
to be for them to be effective

On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:01 AM Shawn Wright via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Wow, that is quite the story.
> Probably worth adding to my safety routine if we have visitors aboard is a
> strong reminder to stay on the boat, even if it seems like jumping in for a
> swim is a good idea. Everyone around here is familiar with big ferries, so
> maybe likening it to jumping off a ferry would be a good analogy. Jumping
> off a moving sailboat is not a lot different, but a novice may not realize
> it.
> Building a MOB pole is on my list also - we used one last year during a
> training session - toss the pole at full sail, and then rescue, under sail.
> Good skill to practice. We have a lifering, apparently the "lifesling"
> don't meet regulations here, although many have them.
>
> --
> Shawn Wright
> shawngwri...@gmail.com
> S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35
> https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 6:18 PM Matt Wolford via CnC-List <
> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>
>> Wow, Bill, that’s quite a story.  My (now) father-in-law pulled one of
>> those jump-off-the-boat-to-be-funny routines.  I was not amused, but no one
>> got hurt.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> *On Behalf Of *Bill
>> Coleman via CnC-List
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2020 7:01 PM
>> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>> *Cc:* Bill Coleman <colt...@gmail.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Dumb question of the day - life rings,
>> horseshoe or cushion?
>>
>>
>>
>> That certainly sounds like good advice. I now keep lots of throwables in
>> the cockpit.
>>
>>
>>
>> I recall an incident that happened to me around 20 years ago. We were
>> headed back to the harbor on a beautiful 4th of July weekend, as squalls
>> were about an hour away. For some reason, my daughter and her friend who
>> were laying on the foredeck  thought it would be a good idea if one of them
>> hopped over and said, oh save me,  and the other was to jump in to save
>> her. They were both on the swim team, so, of course good swimmers.  As I
>> saw the first one go over I said a couple of expletives, and told my other
>> daughter in the cockpit to throw the first one a zip up life preserver
>> which happened to be hanging over the lifelines drying. Then and my
>> daughter on the foredeck jumped over after her friend, a couple more
>> expletives, and  I said throw the other PFD. I never even thought of the
>> horseshoe, but in this case it was for the best. The first girl did get the
>> life preserver, and zipped it on herself just before a 20-ft I-O steamed
>> over the top of her and chopped her thigh half off. This all happened
>> before I had even jibed. (at that time I didn’t even know what had
>> happened).   I can say with a pretty good degree of certainty, that if she
>> had not gotten that life preserver on, she would never have popped back up
>> again and would not be a great internist today. Two months in intensive
>> care gave her the idea that she would like to be a doctor. And the
>> $1,045,000 her father sued the other guy and me for was probably didn’t
>> hurt.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Coleman
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com
>> <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com>] *On Behalf Of *Andrew Burton via
>> CnC-List
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2020 11:55 AM
>> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>> *Cc:* Andrew Burton
>> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Dumb question of the day - life rings,
>> horseshoe or cushion?
>>
>>
>>
>> One of the things I stress before we head offshore is that if someone
>> goes overboard, absolutely everything that floats should be tossed in after
>> them. You're trying to create a debris field to aid in locating the MOB,
>> not just give them something to hang on to.
>>
>> Another thing I stress is that if you go overboard, you stand at best a
>> 50/50 chance of being retrieved, so stay on the boat!
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> Masquerade
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrew Burton
>> 26 Beacon Hill
>> Newport, RI
>> USA 02840
>> http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/
>>
>> https://burtonsailing.com/
>> phone  +401 965 5260
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 11:48 AM Joel Aronson via CnC-List <
>> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>>
>> There are 3 tasks - throwing something to assist the MOB, finding them
>> and getting them back on board.  A ring, horseshoe,cushion for the first.
>> We have an inflatable MOB pole for the second (with AIS in our lifejackets
>> offshore) for the second and the Lifesling for retrieval.
>>
>> thankful none have been deployed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joel
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 8:28 PM James Nichols via CnC-List <
>> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>>
>> Bruce,
>>
>> Horseshoes are about the easiest for someone in the water to get
>> themselves
>> into because they just dive over the open end and hang from it. Kind of
>> like
>> floating on a pool noodle.  As someone else mentioned, they tend to be
>> light, so they don't fly well in a wind, or even without wind.  Mine has a
>> loop for attaching a rope so that you can get another try, haul the person
>> in, or circle around and pull the float to the person.  I think the rope
>> actually flies further than the horseshoe.
>>
>> Horseshoes and throwable cushions meet the minimum standards, but again,
>> as
>> mentioned previously and don't tend to be much better than trying to
>> throw a
>> life preserver.  It is something to throw out instantly along with the Man
>> Overboard Marker so that if the person is conscious and able to swim, they
>> can head for it and have something to grab onto while they are waiting for
>> you to deploy your other lifesaving tools or maneuver your way back in
>> their
>> direction.
>>
>> James
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 22:55:18 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: Bruce Whitmore <bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net>
>> To: Cnc-list CNC Boat Owners <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>> Subject: Stus-List Dumb question of the day - life rings, horseshoe or
>>         cushion?
>> Message-ID: <105761816.3312960.1583189718...@mail.yahoo.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>
>> So I have a lifesling and a throwable cushion.? Yet, I see lots of boats
>> with horseshoes, and commercial boats with life rings.?
>>
>> Is there an inherent reason for one design over another??
>>
>> Bruce Whitmore
>> 1994 C&C 37/40+"Astralis"Madeira Beach, FL
>> (847) 404-5092 (mobile)
>> bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net
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