MAN OVERBOARD:
IMPORTANT – always make sure that the other crew members aboard have been
instructed in how to start up the engine and take the sails down and have been
instructed on how to pick up a person, who has fallen overboard – could e.g., be
the skipper who fell overboard!
Make sure crew is well informed to use the “man overboard “function on the GPS
if this is installed in the electronic system.
Make sure your horseshoe lifesaver or similar products is in good functional
condition and that the night light for this is working and it is easily accessible.
Check that you have a long floating line aboard, to throw out to a person in the
water, e.g., the mooring lines supplied with the boat when the boat is new, are
all floating lines! Floating lines do not get caught in the propeller.
We do not recommend trying to rescue people in the water with sails up. Start
the engine and take the sails down, so you have more control.
Be careful that the person in the water does not get close to the propeller on the
center hull.
If you fail to pull up a person aboard, you can also use a halyard, like spinnaker
halyard to pull a person aboard by the electrical winch.
A very efficient way to get hold of a person in the water in waves, is to
throw a long floating line overboard from the back of the boat, and
keep circling around the person in the water, at some stage the
floating line will always reach the person in the water.
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