Yup!if I had one of those on my boat it would be being used more for fun by my friends.
-Will (Dragonfly)
Yup!if I had one of those on my boat it would be being used more for fun by my friends.
How long could it possibly take to check? There are only a few lines that could be in the water. I'm sorry, but that always strikes me as strange advice. Check first, of course, but then use the engine. It's just one more tool, very useful if the crew is short handed or two-handed. For couples, the boat will only have one sailor, and odds are good it will be the less experienced of the two....Resist the urge to start your engine, you may have some running rigging in the water.
Depends on the boat. For jib-and-main cruisers, I’d agree that a stray line is a rarity. For race boats with sheets, guys, twings, after a quick stop for an MOB it seems there is always a line in the water.How long could it possibly take to check? There are only a few lines that could be in the water. I'm sorry, but that always strikes me as strange advice. Check first, of course, but then use the engine. It's just one more tool, very useful if the crew is short handed or two-handed. For couples, the boat will only have one sailor, and odds are good it will be the less experienced of the two.
For boats with saildrives, motor use is MUCH less dangerous . The prop is usually just a few feet aft of the keel, well out of the way of someone in the water.I notice that Scallywag used their engine to recover their MOB.
I have made this comment on a different MOB thread but here it is again. On our boat we heave-to on every outing for lunch and head stops because it is so easy; come to close haul, tack, when the boat slows try to tack back and lock the helm - done! We cruise with the dinghy in-tow tight to the transom with the out-board mounted. Given that the Admirable can hove-to and can enter and drive the dinghy, she would heave-to, get into the dinghy and come get me if I went over the side. The dink is much more maneuverable and it is easier to return the MOB to the inflatable than it is to the boat.Another option cruisers may have, that racers don't, might be an easily deployed dinghy from davits or deck mounts. I wouldn't recommend all hands leave the ship, but with a couple of crew left, letting a dinghy out behind the boat could help.
-Will (Dragonfly)
Ha! I was gonna mention this but it's not a good idea for most people. We've settled on our dinghy as the first man overboard saving device.Another option cruisers may have, that racers don't, might be an easily deployed dinghy from davits or deck mounts. I wouldn't recommend all hands leave the ship, but with a couple of crew left, letting a dinghy out behind the boat could help.
-Will (Dragonfly)