Hi, I was looking into the reboarding solution as described earlier: Lifesling 2, attached to the snapshackled main sheet blocks on the boom, which can swing out over to the victim. We tested this on our 30' MKI and found that this construction doesn't lift the POB high enough over the life lines. Especially if the POB doesn't wear a harness where you could shackle in but you have to use the Lifesling itself. For this reason I put an extra carabine hook onto the lifesling loop and hope it never hits someone's head in the water. Another small problem with the boom solution is that you need to rig another line quickly (like a reef line) to keep the boom under control in and inboards again. Unfortunately people seem to have the tendency to go overboard when you have your hands full anyway.
At this point it seems to be easier and faster to use an unused halyard and run it over the main winch - make sure that this halyard is long enough in the first place though. I don't have the Lifesling tackle set since it seems no big improvement over the halyard/winch solution except a swiveled block. The halyard solution has the additional advantage that the swinging of the POB is much less violent in choppy seas when the upper block/sheave is as high as possible (swinging circle segment is much bigger). That speaks against the boom solution as well. First I had deemed that more elegant and safer since you don't have to leave the cockpit, but the opeartion is indeed much easier with the halyard. I agree that a standard swim ladder is too hard to climb for exhausted POBs, especially with PFDs inflated. We tested that with fit young folks in a summerly Long Island Sound at and were surprised about the quick exhaustion and hypothermia of or "victims". These are my two cents. Cheers, and stay safe Janko C&C 30 MKI 'Messing About' -- Point of View New York City: A Game of The City You THINK You Know A photo book by Janko Puls. +++ Photos, reviews and more at www.pointofviewnyc.com or www.facebook.com/pointofviewnyc +++ _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
