The Queen's Birthday storm

[Sybarite]

What it's really like to be in a real storm.

 

[Chae_73]

Interesting documentary (and thought provoking and scary and sad).

It's notable that, with the exception of the catamaran which was deliberately run down at the request of its owner, and another boat which sank as a result of the rescue process, the boats which were abandoned, survived.

It seems that having a strategy for avoiding injury as a result of being throw around inside your boat, and for avoiding injury from other objects being thrown around inside your boat, are worth consideration.

 

[Poey50]

It seems that having a strategy for avoiding injury as a result of being throw around inside your boat ...

That was my thought too. Quite a lot of thought often seems to be put into securing heavy objects but I've not really come across the same consideration to strapping in the crew when in survival mode.

 

[LadyInBed]

It seems that having a strategy for avoiding injury as a result of being throw around inside your boat

Very sobering documentary.
I've been thinking for some time about fitting a lapstrap to the 'armchair' that I built into my saloon.

 

[Chae_73]

Agree that securing heavy objects does get some attention, eg batteries. I seem to remember that the skipper of Grimalkin in the '79 Fastnet received a head injury from a flying object.

But securing people doesn't seem to get the same attention. No-one would want to be in a car crash without a seatbelt.

 

[FairweatherDave]

That was an excellent watch. Thanks for posting

 

[dslittle]

What it's really like to be in a real storm.

Thanks for posting this John. VERY sobering...

 

[zoidberg]

Agree that securing heavy objects does get some attention, eg batteries. I seem to remember that the skipper of Grimalkin in the '79 Fastnet received a head injury from a flying object.
But securing people doesn't seem to get the same attention. No-one would want to be in a car crash without a seatbelt.

Several competitors in the last Golden Globe race were injured when 'knocked down'.....

 

[Skylark]

An amazing documentary; I was glued to the screen for 90 minutes.

Thanks for posting.

 

[zoidberg]

It's worth bearing in mind that one can encounter those conditions in the Celtic Sea, or halfway down Biscay... in fact, in several places around our coasts.

 

[Rappey]

A rollover