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] 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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