The theory for getting her back on board was interesting. The boat is an Ericson Cruising 36 with very high topsides and no swim ladder. We tied off a line on a stern dockline cleat, draped the line in the water and loaded the other end on a winch. The boat owner was hoping she could stand on the line and just get pulled up on the winch. In practice, we had a difficult time getting her to a point where she could do this. We had a lifesling with the tackle on board if we had needed it.
I have a lifesling on my boat, but not the lifting tackle. I am thinking harder about making that an offseason purchase. Thanks for the thoughtful replies, everyone! Jim Sent from my iPad > On Sep 17, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Graham Collins via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did a safety at sea course, which involved spending some quality time in > the pool wearing full gear and my PFD (inflated). I found it difficult to > maneuver with it fully inflated, but could let some out and was able to do > the required stuff (swim, climb into the liferaft) with it on. For me a > crotch strap add-on does make it easier as it keeps things lower, I tried it > both ways. > > As for re-boarding, a ladder isn't much good if it does not get a couple of > rungs under water - not many of us can lift our body weight and wet gear up > with our arms, when already exhausted. We also bought a lifesling and have > tackle ready in case someone has to be hoisted aboard. > Graham Collins > Secret Plans > C&C 35-III #11 >> On 2015-09-17 2:53 PM, Jim Reinardy via CnC-List wrote: >> This is a bit of a tangent, but I wanted to get some feedback on a recent >> event in our marina that has a lot of us talking. >> >> We have some friends that own a cruising boat. The wife has been a little >> hesitant about sailing in part because of poor swimming ability causing a >> general fear of water. She decided to confront her fears head on by >> volunteering to do a live person overboard drill. We got a bunch of people >> on board their boat and enlisted a smaller boat as a chase boat. She put on >> an inflatable life jacket with an expiring sensor and jumped in the water in >> the harbor. It was at the end of a stretch of hot weather so there were >> fewer fears about hypothermia and the waves were negligible, which is as >> good as it gets for Lake Michigan. >> >> The PFD inflated immediately and brought her to the surface just fine, but >> she found that the inflated bladder pretty much immobilized her. She could >> not lift her head properly or move her arms to maneuver to the throwables in >> the water. One of the people in the chase boat ultimately jumped in to get >> her over to her boat and we got her back up on deck, but it was a more tense >> process than any of us expected. Our friend confronting her fears was >> actually satisfied with the result, she was able to remain calm and >> ultimately got back on the boat without injury, but it raised some doubts >> about inflatable PFD’s with the rest of us. >> >> Anyone have experience with actually deploying an inflatable PFD? Were you >> able to maneuver? Did you need to partially deflate the bladder? >> >> As a side note, we have gone looking for a good quality non-inflatable PFD >> with a harness and crotch strap, which is becoming a requirement for some >> races now and pretty much came up empty at this point. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jim Reinardy >> C&C 30-2 “Firewater” >> Milwaukee, WI >> >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> >> >> From: Kevin Driscoll via CnC-List >> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 5:08 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Kevin Driscoll >> Subject: Re: Stus-List - Inflable life jacket with harness recommendation >> >> >> My Kong tether has snap shackle for self eject. >> >> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 11:53 AM Danny Haughey via CnC-List >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> don't forget to sign up for the PYacht email list before you place your >> order and they'll give a 5% off code on a purchase over $100 >> >> five bucks is five bucks! >> >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------- >> From: Indigo via CnC-List <[email protected]> >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Cc: Indigo <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Stus-List - Inflable life jacket with harness recommendation >> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:28:37 -0400 >> >> I don't recall - one of the early posts on the subject. At the price of >> these at pyacht I might be tempted to replace my "spare" old style tethers. >> >> -- >> Jonathan >> Indigo C&C 35III >> SOUTHPORT CT >> >> On Sep 16, 2015, at 08:03, Frederick G Street via CnC-List >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Mine does. Which one are you looking at? I’ve got the “Y” tether with one >> six-foot leg and one three-foot leg; both of those have the positive-action >> carabiners. The harness end has a snap shackle with a pull-lanyard. Like >> this: http://www.pyacht.com/cgi-bin/pagegen.pl?pr+kng283sete.htm >> >> — Fred >> Fred Street -- Minneapolis >> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI >> >> On Sep 15, 2015, at 10:29 PM, Indigo via CnC-List <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> I am surprised to see that the Kong tether as illustrated does not have a >> snap-shackle for use at the harness end to enable quick disconnect if >> needed. 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