I tell my crew that the person who yells "Man Overboard" then has only one job - to point one hand at the person in the water and to NOT take their eyes off the head of the person.
To see why, go out one day when it is blowing 10knots, throw one of your fenders over, go another 100 yards or so, then look back and see if you can find your fender. Helmsman's first job when hearing "Man Overboard" is to get the MOB pole into the water. In case the first person slips in doing their job. Then our process id to go into irons to strike the main halyard and roll up the headsail, start the engine, and turn back to the MOB. I have a Life Sling on the stern pulpit, so we will circle the MOB under power to bring the Life Sling to him, and then pull him in to the stern boarding ladder. If I need to bring someone over the side, my main halyard is long enough to run through a snatch block at the end of the boom and reach the water, which will allow me to use the boom and Barient 27 self-tailer on the cabin top as a crane to lift the MOB and swing him aboard. My first preference would be to use the leeward side, since the MOB would not need to swim after the boat as it drifts down wind faster than a man in the water ever will. Rck Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 1:36 AM To: CnClist Subject: Stus-List MOB recovery procedures 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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