MOB procedures when sailing with weaklings.
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BOAT
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Re: MOB procedures when sailing with weaklings.
A DOCK FENDER THAT DOUBLES AS A BOAT LADDER!! BRILLIANT!!!
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JohnCFI
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Re: MOB procedures when sailing with weaklings.
That was what I thought..BOAT wrote:A DOCK FENDER THAT DOUBLES AS A BOAT LADDER!! BRILLIANT!!!
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dlandersson
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Re: MOB procedures when sailing with weaklings.
That is way cool! 
JohnCFI wrote:I have no idea if this is available in the US, but I would have thought so. I was planning of getting one for each side, but I am in no hurry, as I could use the stern boarding ladder on my X in a MOB situation, I can reach it and fold it down from in the water with ease.
http://www.force4.co.uk/3795/Force-4-Fe ... -Blue.html
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Whipsyjac
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Re: MOB procedures when sailing with weaklings.
Catigale, do you have pics of your life sling in use?
We can inflate our dinghy in minutes with a 12V quick inflator(air mattress style). Pulling someone into our dinghy(always tied to boat in emergency) is quite doable since pvc is slippery.
The mainsail can theoretically be used as a life sling, but since my halyards aren't led aft getting it rigged to the winch would be tricky. It's what I'd do in my mind but I haven't figured it out in reality.
I really appreciate the comment of getting all moveable ballast to the lee rail to reduce freeboard, that's good thinking just have to practice.
Whatever method, practice practice practice.
With warm water and calm seas I hope to practice with a person. We'll probably practice heave-to and rescue a BUOY or fender.
Get a MOB pole! I don't have one yet but want one. It's alot easier to spot a flag waving 6 feet above the surface than a persons head bobbing in the water especially in a chop.
Thanks for starting this thread. This is serious.
The people who moored behind my BIL had a MOB accident and the skipper perished. The admiral couldn't get him aboard and he died of hypothermia, she towed him in. Not an urban legend, I met them personally and it was in the major news. They had sailed from Van BC to Australia.(roughly 15 years ago)
Willy
We can inflate our dinghy in minutes with a 12V quick inflator(air mattress style). Pulling someone into our dinghy(always tied to boat in emergency) is quite doable since pvc is slippery.
The mainsail can theoretically be used as a life sling, but since my halyards aren't led aft getting it rigged to the winch would be tricky. It's what I'd do in my mind but I haven't figured it out in reality.
I really appreciate the comment of getting all moveable ballast to the lee rail to reduce freeboard, that's good thinking just have to practice.
Whatever method, practice practice practice.
With warm water and calm seas I hope to practice with a person. We'll probably practice heave-to and rescue a BUOY or fender.
Get a MOB pole! I don't have one yet but want one. It's alot easier to spot a flag waving 6 feet above the surface than a persons head bobbing in the water especially in a chop.
Thanks for starting this thread. This is serious.
The people who moored behind my BIL had a MOB accident and the skipper perished. The admiral couldn't get him aboard and he died of hypothermia, she towed him in. Not an urban legend, I met them personally and it was in the major news. They had sailed from Van BC to Australia.(roughly 15 years ago)
Willy