Not to drag this into the morbid, but I think I read somewhere that he did have a tether. My guess is he went overboard and the tether dragged him along, maybe hitting the side of the moving boat, until his partner realized he was no longer on the bow. The conditions were described as strong winds. Even if he had the jib down the main would still be driving the boat along at a good speed.
This is a tough call- without a tether his boat could have been a long way away before he was missed, with a tether he could have been beaten against the boat or dragged through seas. I hope more details of this emerge in the sailing press, I would like to know the real facts of what happened, we could learn from it. I wonder how his partner got him aboard the boat alone. If you have ever tried to bring a person on board, one fully alert and helping, it is real hard to do. Yes, all very sad, and sobering to those of us that often boat alone. ron ginger On 7/23/2015 10:19 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I sail solo oftentimes and tie into the boat via lifelines when I do so > just in case I lose my footing and start to go overboard. There is no > sight worse than watching your boat sail away without you when you are > far offshore. > At night it is common practice to tie in via lifelines even if there are > other crew on the boat since it is difficult to find someone in the dark > and a boat moving at only a couple of miles an hour quickly moves away > from the man overboard. > > Obviously he loved sailing and he had a beautiful boat. But 62 is way > too early to go. :-( > > I think I will check my lifelines a second time the next time I go out. > > Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
