I guess all these discussions point out that the best (and, more than
likely, only) solution is to make sure that you never leave the deck. This
means that you have to be attached with short enough tether that it won't
let you go overboard. As usual (and regardless of the environment) security
is the opposite of convenience.
Marek
-----Original Message-----
From: Janko Puls via CnC-List
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 1:10 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Janko Puls
Subject: Re: Stus-List Reboarding - was Re: - Inflable life jacket -
inflation
Hi,
I was looking into the reboarding solution as described earlier: Lifesling
2, attached to the snapshackled main sheet blocks on the boom, which can
swing out over to the victim. We tested this on our 30' MKI and found that
this construction doesn't lift the POB high enough over the life lines.
Especially if the POB doesn't wear a harness where you could shackle in but
you have to use the Lifesling itself. For this reason I put an extra
carabine hook onto the lifesling loop and hope it never hits someone's head
in the water. Another small problem with the boom solution is that you need
to rig another line quickly (like a reef line) to keep the boom under
control in and inboards again. Unfortunately people seem to have the
tendency to go overboard when you have your hands full anyway.
At this point it seems to be easier and faster to use an unused halyard and
run it over the main winch - make sure that this halyard is long enough in
the first place though. I don't have the Lifesling tackle set since it seems
no big improvement over the halyard/winch solution except a swiveled block.
The halyard solution has the additional advantage that the swinging of the
POB is much less violent in choppy seas when the upper block/sheave is as
high as possible (swinging circle segment is much bigger). That speaks
against the boom solution as well. First I had deemed that more elegant and
safer since you don't have to leave the cockpit, but the opeartion is indeed
much easier with the halyard.
I agree that a standard swim ladder is too hard to climb for exhausted POBs,
especially with PFDs inflated. We tested that with fit young folks in a
summerly Long Island Sound at and were surprised about the quick exhaustion
and hypothermia of or "victims".
These are my two cents. Cheers, and stay safe
Janko
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