Sailing by the lee and too many distractions by having crew and “guests” aboard a racing yacht clearly “cruising” with possibly poor communications by a helmsperson and/or skipper = accidental gybe and “man overboard.” Fairly good recovery and some good MOB techniques demonstrated: throw flotation in direction of MOB as soon as possible and order someone to clearly point as a spotter for the MOB so that the boat can attempt a recovery of the MOB but really less than ideal Hornblower stuff!
Aug14
Mark Murphy
The goy who went overboard is a lucky man, that boom would have finished him off if it had hit him.
Shouldn’t they be wearing a bouyancy aid
Sailing by the lee and too many distractions by having crew and “guests” aboard a racing yacht clearly “cruising” with possibly poor communications by a helmsperson and/or skipper = accidental gybe and “man overboard.” Fairly good recovery and some good MOB techniques demonstrated: throw flotation in direction of MOB as soon as possible and order someone to clearly point as a spotter for the MOB so that the boat can attempt a recovery of the MOB but really less than ideal Hornblower stuff!
The goy who went overboard is a lucky man, that boom would have finished him off if it had hit him.
Good going.
What happened here?