gjgm
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So, how Do you get an injured,wet ,heavy,adult back aboard a powerboat?Assuming, he cant help. And you dont happen to have a convenient winch/davits?
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Happy1
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Tow them using a floating rope, but ensuring there is a enough length to keep them away from the prop to save any injury /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif
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Gludy
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The rope may float but they may not! 
Seem that a posssible manslaughter charge could be pending when you enter the harbour with a body in tow!
"Well he was alive when we started the tow officer ..."
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Seem that a posssible manslaughter charge could be pending when you enter the harbour with a body in tow!
"Well he was alive when we started the tow officer ..."
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hlb
RIP
They could water ski if you went fast enough.
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burgundyben
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Its a very good question, assuming he cant help himself. Certainly not tow him too dangerous plus exhaust fumes and would very soon be suffering exposure.
I think I would deploy my inflatable dinghy, roll him into the dinghy then work from there, first stop is check vital signs, maybe get him into boat, but if he cant help himself then he is very poorly. Protect against exposure then wait for assistance.
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I think I would deploy my inflatable dinghy, roll him into the dinghy then work from there, first stop is check vital signs, maybe get him into boat, but if he cant help himself then he is very poorly. Protect against exposure then wait for assistance.
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toobaz
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With great difficulty, having had the experience of this. Use your swim platform, rope, oars, dingy and a lot of man handling. Also anthing else you have to hand to get him aboard and safe.
However all this said.....................................did you send out a mayday?
Baz
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However all this said.....................................did you send out a mayday?
Baz
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Wiggo
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Correct answer is to deflate the tube(s) on one side of your tender so you can roll the aboard the tender, then you can drag 'em in from there. Works best if you:
a) have a tender
b) it's inflatable
c) it's on snap davits, so you can lay it on the water and let the outboard tube down...
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a) have a tender
b) it's inflatable
c) it's on snap davits, so you can lay it on the water and let the outboard tube down...
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hlb
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Well thats one way. Tuther way I'd try, is to tie a rope to something high up. Then put a dolly in it. Maybe two. ( a dolly works like a winch) and pull him up with that.
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Haydn
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Steve_D
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That depends on the circumstances, at the end of the day you have to make decisions based on whats in front of you.
It may be better to leave the casualty in the water and call for help for example, rather than risk further injury trying to haul them in.
I have also seen someone bought in to port over the side of the boat in a sling made from a tonneau cover fixed to several strong cleats and passed under the casualty and back up forming a stretcher. The water drains out and the casualty is lifted clear of the water, fully supported. The boat then motored in very slowly.
It might be better to try and get them into a dinghy and either tow them in or use that as a staging post onto the main boat.
If you intend practicing any of these scenarios, have some backup around. I've seen exercises like this degenerate into near emergencies as things get out of hand. Its a bit like setting fire to your house to see if the fire alarms work!
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<hr width=100% size=1>No. I was right the first time....
It may be better to leave the casualty in the water and call for help for example, rather than risk further injury trying to haul them in.
I have also seen someone bought in to port over the side of the boat in a sling made from a tonneau cover fixed to several strong cleats and passed under the casualty and back up forming a stretcher. The water drains out and the casualty is lifted clear of the water, fully supported. The boat then motored in very slowly.
It might be better to try and get them into a dinghy and either tow them in or use that as a staging post onto the main boat.
If you intend practicing any of these scenarios, have some backup around. I've seen exercises like this degenerate into near emergencies as things get out of hand. Its a bit like setting fire to your house to see if the fire alarms work!
Steve D
<hr width=100% size=1>No. I was right the first time....
Wiggo
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Fine, but our little girl grew out of dollies at six and half. Any other suggestions of things to use as a winch?
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hlb
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Ha, Ha. A dolly is a very usefull devise. Used by truck drivers for donkeys years. Every dolly you put in the rope, doubles the pulling power. Normaly used to tie things down with.
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Haydn
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Happy1
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Shout SHARKS? /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif
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Wiggo
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OK, so it's a bit like a Yorkie bar, then, or what?
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gjgm
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ok, but I said no winch or davits, and lets just add, no dinghy. I dont have any on 24ft....Bathing Platform must be 30-40cm above the waterline, the boats rocking about....just how the hell do you do this...?
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toobaz
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Then you need to go shopping and get some safety equipment aboard your boat before going to sea.
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Steve_D
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Would snap davits take the stress?
Steve D
<hr width=100% size=1>No. I was right the first time....
Steve D
<hr width=100% size=1>No. I was right the first time....
Wiggo
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Errm, yes. We snap ours on while we unload two adults and two kids plus an 8hp outboard while at anchor. Some days at Studland, if the wind/tide is the wrong way, the whole lot can be moving through nearly two feet, and you have to get the timing just right. But snaps are fine.
Anyway, what would you say to the widow? "Well, we would have picked him up, but I didn't want to risk damaging my snap davits, they're over 200 quid, you know..."
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Anyway, what would you say to the widow? "Well, we would have picked him up, but I didn't want to risk damaging my snap davits, they're over 200 quid, you know..."
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Wiggo
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OK. Are we allowed ropes and the removable back seat?
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tripleace
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Carefully mark the position with both a buoy and on the two GPS units.
Go back to marina / chandlery, fit power passelle rail.
Go back to MOB and use above to lift clear of water.
or just get the person out as best you can, using the practise sessions that you have ALREADY done in good weather as a guide on whats best for your boat and people on board.
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Go back to marina / chandlery, fit power passelle rail.
Go back to MOB and use above to lift clear of water.
or just get the person out as best you can, using the practise sessions that you have ALREADY done in good weather as a guide on whats best for your boat and people on board.
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powerskipper
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Having thought about this many times I recon you could use either a sheet, table cloth or a bit of canvass, Tie one side onto the back rail of the boat and secure ropes to the other two corner, let this fall in to the water, Roll the body into the sheet against the back of the boat, then secure the other ropes though the rails, pull up on one rope at a time, if you have more than 1 person onboard you could put fenders under the body on the end being lifted and slowly inch the body on board.
In an emergence if in rough weather or sea conditions you could inflate the life raft, this gives protection to the body and is tow able at a low speed.
A MOB is ALWAYS a Mayday, unless in a marina or very shallow water.
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In an emergence if in rough weather or sea conditions you could inflate the life raft, this gives protection to the body and is tow able at a low speed.
A MOB is ALWAYS a Mayday, unless in a marina or very shallow water.
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