Film "Adrift".

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I've seen the film before, my solution was to get two people to jam a couple of fingers in the exhaust port or some other water line hole so they had enough of a hold to allow the lighter girl to climb up their bodies without pushing them under, they could create a step by linking arms, would be painful but as someone said with all the adrenaline maybe it would work !:confused:
 
Fashion some sort of harness from any available clothing and get the person with the greatest strength-to-weight ratio to use it to make their way up the anchor chain. Also, try not to sail with selfish idiots...
 
ninky said:
Fashion some sort of harness from any available clothing and get the person with the greatest strength-to-weight ratio to use it to make their way up the anchor chain. Also, try not to sail with selfish idiots...
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So often the characters in those films are so off-putting that I find myself wanting them to drown and/or get eaten by sharks.
 
Gobes said:
So often the characters in those films are so off-putting that I find myself wanting them to drown and/or get eaten by sharks.
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ALthough, as they all died it's hard to know how much of this film is accurate - how do the scriptwriters know they fought over the mobile phone, for example? Guess it's another motivation not to end up in this situation - you might get portrayed as obnoxious in the movie adaptation of your death.
 
I thought they might have tried a hand-jam in the top of the rudderblade and then as others have said, finger jam in the exhaust then lightest up onto a shoulder.
 
I have my bathing ladder secured by a snap shackle attached to the pushpit with the release line from the shackle attached to the bottom of the ladder, within easy reach from the water. I've tested it and it works very well as long as you stay to one side of the rapidly descending ladder!
 
Obvious solution is to climb up the anchor chain so they tried to film the boat without getting the anchor chain in shot. However, there are a couple of scenes where they slightly mis-cut the film and the chain is visible. You might have to freeze frame to catch it though!

Richard
 
Woodlouse said:
Since I've got roughly 18 inches of freeboard at the shrouds I'm fairly confident about being able to haul myself back onboard.
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I suggest you try it some day and report back on how you did it. You may get a nasty surprise when you discover how the cold and waterladen clothing renders you almost incapable of doing anything.

I imagine you are over-estimating your abilities or else you are quite young, very slim, very strong and very fit - not like the rest of us!
 
PabloPicasso said:
Well that blows seajet's theory on stopping undesirables boarding by locking the ladder in the up position:rolleyes:
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If you look again, I said locking the boarding ladder up In WINTER Ashore is a good idea, but I have a folding transom step and rolled up plastic ladder accessible from the water when sailing.

BTW, I did manage to go overboard from my rigid tender alongside at the mooring a few years ago, and despite the A22's low freeboard aft, transom step, mainsheet and topping lift always set up to use as a hoist, pelican hooks on all guardrails, it was a real stuggle to get back aboard, and a serious lesson for me.

I'm now a moderately fit 51 yr old and used to playing with racing dinghies, but I feel if that was not the case I'd be pretty traumatised by the inverted dinghy rolling on top of me.

I was wearing an auto lifejacket.
 
I have approx 18 inches at my transom fitted with windvane self steering gear i was sure i would have no problem, how wrong could i be! After a quick dip in Newtown creek earlier this year i had to swim to another yacht who transferred me back by tender. I now have a boarding ladder!!!!!
Woodlouse said:
Since I've got roughly 18 inches of freeboard at the shrouds I'm fairly confident about being able to haul myself back onboard.

Not that I go swimming off the boat anyway. The water around the UK is never, ever warm enough for that.
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RichardS said:
Obvious solution is to climb up the anchor chain so they tried to film the boat without getting the anchor chain in shot. However, there are a couple of scenes where they slightly mis-cut the film and the chain is visible.
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As I understand it, the original event involved going for a swim in mid-ocean, when the boat was becalmed. So no anchor chain to climb up, even if when filming they did moor the thing.

SAMYL said:
I suggest you try it some day and report back on how you did it. You may get a nasty surprise when you discover how the cold and waterladen clothing renders you almost incapable of doing anything.
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Bear in mind the scenario in this thread is people who have deliberately jumped over the side in calm conditions and warm water, in order to go for a swim.

Pete
 
I saw the film and we talked about a solution , what we came up with was:
4 crew take a deep breath simultaneously and sink whilst holding the legs of the lightest and launch him up on surfacing to grab the lifelines and haul himself up to the deck .
must try it next time out !
 
Another benefit of owning a Mac26x, swim to stern, straddle outboard, press trim button on leg of outboard to raise , either step off at appropriate height of keep button pressed until you slide off..... :cool:
 
prv said:
Bear in mind the scenario in this thread is people who have deliberately jumped over the side in calm conditions and warm water, in order to go for a swim.

Pete
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Fair point but I stick to my original statement. Even if you are swimming voluntarily and try to climb an 18" freeboard you will find it very difficult to do unless you are blessed with the physical attributes I mentioned above.

Try it some day Pete and report back to us truthfully.
 
prv said:
As I understand it, the original event involved going for a swim in mid-ocean, when the boat was becalmed. So no anchor chain to climb up, even if when filming they did moor the thing.



Bear in mind the scenario in this thread is people who have deliberately jumped over the side in calm conditions and warm water, in order to go for a swim.

Pete
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One thing I will never do is leave a boat for a swim with no one on board when away from mooring or decent anchorage.(close to shore) If I have a phobia it is to go swimming from a boat only to find it drifting away from me. I reckon any sailor would feel the same. Yes quite often when becalmed and hot I will allow crew to go for a swim. But never everyone at once.
I have been on other people's boat ona diving/snorkelling expedition and hve the owner plan on leaving the boat to an anchor a very long way from shore. I jacked up and refused to leave the boat until a competent person could replace me on the boat.
olewill
 
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