Here it is ... you are right he was tethered and had a life jacket on... but they were in 8 foot waves! I had no idea that the water was that rough.
That would be a very rough ride at the bow. So he was likely being pushed into the waves, while hanging from the tether and it would be easy to take in a lot of water. That's just a really bad situation. From the pictures it looks like his roller furler may have jammed as someone pulled down the headsail instead of furling the sail on the roller furler. http://fox6now.com/2015/07/15/racine-fire-officials-elderly-man-found-unresponsive-on-sailboat-on-lake-michigan-taken-to-the-hospital/ A couple of years ago two guys died trying to move a 35+ foot sailboat from one marina to another in 9-10 ft waves in Chicago. One guy went over the side and another went in trying to save the first and they both died. Dave On 7/23/2015 2:07 PM, Ron Ginger wrote: > 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
