"Larry" wrote in message
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"News f2s" wrote in
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They
started rigging a hoist system,

There's another screwup I've seen in the harbor retrieving
someone. They
always try to hoist the guy by hand....when not 3 ft away is the
end of a
halyard that leads down to a two-speed winch big enough to lift
half the
boat....80% up the mast.

Agreed.

Hazy memory, but I believe the crew used the spinnaker halyard
with a quick release clip holding a floating rope loop. The
problem was, they assumed they were all tough enough for a quick
heave, and then did not recognise the onset of hypothermia soon
enough, since the guy was still chatting and joking with them.

All preventable with a flip down ladder.
--
JimB
http://www.jimbaerselman.f2s.com/sw_peloponese.htm

While reading rec.boats.cruising, I noticed sherwindu
felt compelled to write:

My comment was in reply to another thread about the stability of multihulls,
where
several people said monohulls will quickly fill with water and sink when
knocked
down or capsized. Just trying to make a point that this does not happen in
most
cases. I am actually trying to defend monohulls by pointing out that this
boat survived the knockdown, but unfortunately the man fell overboard.

Read the thread again, nobody said anything of the sort. Your point in
that thread ws that multihulls can't self-right, the point was made
that that is a multihull weakness, and a situation best avoided. The
monohull weakness is a propensity to sinking once hull integrity is
comprimised.

Incidentally, defending the mono by citing an example where a guy
drowned is close to a perfect foot-shot, imo. Almost as smart as
advising a novice sailor to seek out a vessel with a fractional rig.

Ian

While reading rec.boats.cruising, I noticed Larry
felt compelled to write:

sherwindu wrote in
:

Yes, it's another one of those monohulls going down to the bottom with
their heavy keels.

Sherwin D.



Er, ah, take off the catamaran glasses and read the article, again. The
boat SELF RIGHTED after they fell overboard....as the bilge pumps cleaned
out the mess above that heavy ol' keel.

Of course, he could have been upside down in a cat, gasping for air I
suppose.

He died of hypothermia, not monohullitis. If he'd not been thrown
overboard, he would have been below putting on dry clothes.

Heh, Sherwin, the great defender of all things multihull?

You obviously missed that thread.

In article ,
Don White wrote:

I immediately dove for the storage area under the cockpit
seats...scattering the ladies.

Our boat hook has a permanent berth laying alongside our grab rail for
just that eventuality. Lifesaving equipment should all be to hand and
ready to deploy immediately.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

In article ,
Don White wrote:

wrote:

...that boarding from the stern is a bad idea...

Jonathan... Can you elaborate on the aforementioned statement?

I think you and/or some others have before... but please refresh
my memory.

Bill

Ever watch your stern bob up & down like a rocking horse at a rough
mooring? midships, the movement is more subdued.

On some boats, perhaps.

Boarding our boat amidships just isn't going to happen. Freeboard is 5
feet at the cockpit, 7 feet at the mast, and we roll as much as pitch
when we're stopped in slop. With the curve of the hull, we'd need a long
ladder that would whip around mercilessly.

I've reboarded over the transom in some pretty sloppy conditions and
while it takes a bit of timing, it's no big thing. (We have three rungs
in the water, which helps.) I've also reboarded at 5+ knots (when I
forget to ease the sails before freeing a crab trap). Again, takes a
little thought, but it's not much more strenuous than getting up in
still water.

Now, I can see midships being more reasonable in a traditional boat with
low side decks and a tall transom.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/