Capt. JG wrote:

"News f2s" wrote in message
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"Don W" wrote in message
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You might experiment with this during the summer by jumping overboard
while the boat is going 7kts and seeing how hard it is to grab the dink
as it goes by.

I can tell you now, Don, that grabbing a dink doing 5 kts was impossible.
Trying to drag my clothed body thru the water was far too much for my grip
to last more than a few seconds. Quite apart from the hell of being rolled
over by taking a bad grip in the first place . . .

JimB


Wasn't there some guy in his 70s who managed to haul himself out of the
water when he got knocked off his boat... I seem to recall the story that
he grabbed the boat as it went by and climbed back on. Or, is this a Usenet
myth? g

I'd sure give it a try if I was the only one on
deck when I went OB, but I sure wouldn't bet on
the outcome.

Then there was the tragedy a few years back
between Fiji and New Zealand, where the guy fell
overboard at night while his wife was asleep, and
his tether was just long enough to let him drag
and drown. The wife found him when she woke up in
the morning.

Don W.