IMHO the only way throwing it will work is if the boat is anchored or you sail back to the person and throw it at point-blank range. If you want to experiment, get someone to randomly throw something off and then yell MOB while sailing at 6 knots and then you throw your ring/horseshoe. I am 99% certain they will end up no place close to each other. BTW – have any of you ever actually done a MOB recovery? I used to do real MOBs when I was a sailing instructor if it was a hot day. It all went great until an overweight older lady, despite everyone else yelling NO!!!!! , jumped off without asking. We didn’t have ladders, she was decades past being able to pull herself up onto the boat, and despite the rest of the crew that day being athletic 20 somethings there was NO WAY we were getting back on the boat without hurting her. I ended up towing her back to Annapolis and she climbed up a dock ladder at the marina.
Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I www.dellabarba.com From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Sam kim via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2020 12:36 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Sam kim <emailsa...@gmail.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List Dumb question of the day - life rings, horseshoe or cushion? 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
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