At 04:04 PM 12/4/2005, you wrote:
An auto pilot with a wireless water proof remote control attached to your PFD harness along with the waterproof vhf.??
ahoyther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- I have an experienced thirty year old, fully physically competent, and careful crew member (he's a nurse) who in attempting to change sails flipped off the foredeck doing a full turn in the air and landing in the water. The life lines were the perfect height to catch his legs, off balance and over and off he went. Things happen!
- Dave Hoy
- WYANOKEE #6295
- Camden, Maine
- Harvey Rosenberg wrote:
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- the small type package of 3 sky flares. If you wear eyeglasses, wear rec specs (Sears for $100). A hat with a chin strap. Expect jeers from your dockmates. But thay will all say, when pressed, it's agood idea. A 6 ft tether is just right to keep you attached to the boat when you fall overboard and are dragged. So we add that quick release shackle, but then why the tether if it doesn't keep you aboard. So we need a tether that is can be shortened and is adjustable with one hand. Low tech problem, but no solution. I'm experimenting with some mountain climbing gear. Jacklines on the C-27 small side decks, as explained in most manuals are also impractical. It won't keep yopu aboard. On the 27, that jack line should be as close to the centerline as possible. There is nothing aft of the mast on deck substantial enough to hook a jackline, so run jacklines from the mast back to the ends of the traveler. At the mast, you can hook on to a spinnaker ring. The narrow!
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- curved foredeck with no appreciable toerail does not help. The Mainsheet last year had a article on using a spinnaker halyard attached to your harness to keep you on board. Just don't come about or jibe,or you may be flying out to leeward. But you'll be aboard. I started an experiment with this, but the season ran out. Of course, the lifelines themselves are just the right height to trip you overboard. Expect to use them only as handholds. Getting out of the cockpit around the dodger does give you a tenuous handhold, but little security. Boat manufacturers don't want to approach this problem. As a noted writer said, you must have an absolute fear of going overboard if you are to sail a boat. So singlehanding a 27 or any small boat is a challenge. Alas I've used my alotted space, so I'll get back t o my story later. Harvey Rosenberg C-27TR #6023, Stony Point NY (still aboard). ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 11:34:05 AM !
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- From: ahoyther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Re: Single-handling
- boarding ladder at the stern. Be sure that is deployed when you go out. The PDF's need to be worn at all times and tethered especially if you have to go forward or go up on the cabin top. Be sure your PDF is current and ready to inflate and that you know how to inflate it. You need to have your hand held VHF in the cockpit on channel 16 and keep your family informed of where you are in case you are overdue so the CG knows where to start looking. This past fall we had a situation where a father and son were taking their sail boat from Rockland, Maine to Massachusetts. They took off one Saturday in marginal conditions. The father fell overboard sans PDF a few miles off shore, and I don't believe has yet been found. The son drifted around for about four or five days as evidently battery was low or he couldn't get the engine started and either his VHF was not on board or it, too, was out of battery. His cell phone didn't appear to work, e!
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- He ended up 135 or so miles off the east coast before finally a fisherman found him. I was out on the following Tuesday listening to the CG broadcast every half hour with a description of the boat asking for anyone to report seeing the boat as the family had reported it being over due. Be sure all systems are working, batteries fully charged. Expect and prepare for the worse as you can have an injury or a coronary. Dave Hoy WYANOKEE #6295 Camden, Maine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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