Man trapped on board his yacht

[PhillM]

Does make the point that having a shore contact who knows what you are up to might be important. I must admit that sailing in the solent, and even down the coast to the West Country, I have not been in the habit of telling anyone where and when I expect to be. Might need to reflect on that and change my practice.

 

[William_H]

Bit of Fred drift but small boats can have some tight spots to get jammed in. I occasionally need to get down through quarter berth to inside transom. Sort of belly crawl. I now being old attach a heavy rope to the mast support post and drag that with me. Aids enormously in getting out. That's what happens when you get old. ol'will

 

[Plum]

There was a case of someone falling into the gap between the engine and the side of the hull. The boat was in a marina. He laid there for many hours before someone came past. Complaining of back pain and near impossible to extract from the confined space. One option the rescue services discussed was to cut a long slot in the side of the hull just above the waterline to slide him out onto the pontoon!! Luckily, that was plan-b.

 

[Gixer]

I met a now good friend of mine by pulling him by his legs out of a Bosun dinghy forward buoyancy tank. I was walking past the workshop at our club had heard him calling for help.

 

[wonkywinch]

I have had to be hauled out of a locker and lazarette feet first on more than one occasion. Places I never ventured into unless I knew assistance was at hand.

As a keen DIYer, I always make sure I have my phone in my pocket when working in a loft or remote or confined space.

 

[DanTribe]

I have had to be hauled out of a locker and lazarette feet first on more than one occasion. Places I never ventured into unless I knew assistance was at hand.

I'm finding that places I used to be able to access, like cockpit lockers, are becoming much smaller and more difficult to get out of.
The boat must be shrinking, not me getting larger or less flexible.

 

[Stemar]

I'm finding that places I used to be able to access, like cockpit lockers, are becoming much smaller and more difficult to get out of.
The boat must be shrinking, not me getting larger or less flexible.

That's odd - my boat's doing the same thing

 

[Graham_Wright]

If he reported his predicament by 'phone (as declared) why couldn't he say where he was?

 

[capnsensible]

I read or heard about a guy getting trapped in an aft cabin after accidently tripping his inflatable liferaft he was storing there. Dunno if its a myth, but if so, it's a good one....

When we had charter boats one of our staff, a short lady, had managed to fall headfirst into the top loading fridge she was cleaning. She was very embarrassed but relieved when I pulled her back out.....

 

[Fr J Hackett]

One of the few birds you have pulled then.

PS it was a life raft when I heard it.

 

[Mark-1]

If he reported his predicament by 'phone (as declared) why couldn't he say where he was?

The article says they located him by his phone signal. I don't think it says he manually used his phone to report his problem.

 

[wonkywinch]

If he reported his predicament by 'phone (as declared) why couldn't he say where he was?

"It was then determined, by tracking the yachtsman’s phone, that he was possibly located in the area of the River Medina or Newtown Creek here on the Isle of Wight."

 

[rogerthebodger]

I read or heard about a guy getting trapped in an aft cabin after accidently tripping his inflatable liferaft he was storing there. Dunno if its a myth, but if so, it's a good one....

When we had charter boats one of our staff, a short lady, had managed to fall headfirst into the top loading fridge she was cleaning. She was very embarrassed but relieved when I pulled her back out.....

In an aircraft water landing you are told to don your life jacket bu DO NOT INFLATE IT until you have lest the aircraft for similar reasons

 

[wonkywinch]

In an aircraft water landing you are told to don your life jacket bu DO NOT INFLATE IT until you have lest the aircraft for similar reasons

Or worse still have the slide inflate inside the plane.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Several years ago it took me the better part of two days to fit a new pedestal and autopilot motor to my Vancouver 34. Most of it was doubled up in a locker trying to keep various parts of my anatomy from destroying the Eberspacher and it's ducting whilst balancing an extremely heavy motor in one hand at arms length whilst working out how to get my other arm through a small opening to get a nut onto one of the protruding studs. I was in and out of that locker countless times with each time getting slower and slower and eventually requiring more and more assistance, which if Photodog were here he would testify to and also my increasing temper and language which was proportional to the time and frustration the job took. By Sunday afternoon I could barely walk to the shower block.

 

[Fantasie 19]

I have had to be hauled out of a locker and lazarette feet first on more than one occasion. Places I never ventured into unless I knew assistance was at hand.

Me too... I'll not do that again...

 

[MADRIGAL]

Your pals would have had some craic in the pub singing "Oh dear what can the matter be, silly old Halo got stuck in the lavatory".

What? Irish Rover! No, he's not here. I just saw him grab his coat and leave in a hurry .

He's been there from Monday till Saturday...

 

[DangerousPirate]

I got locked in the head when the door handle fell off and I pushed the bar through when trying to remount it.
The crew let me out but the week before I had been single handing and I could have been trapped below.
Never close head door on your own!

That's one helluva way to go, though haha. Trapped in the heads after some spicy chili.

But honestly? If it's really bad, you could kick the door in or pry it open somehow.

 

[DangerousPirate]

He dropped the last oreo and it rolled behind the furniture.

 

[Bajansailor]

I have had to be hauled out of a locker and lazarette feet first on more than one occasion. Places I never ventured into unless I knew assistance was at hand.

Me too.
Here I was trying to get to the through hull fitting for the fridge in the cockpit locker of a friend's Vancouver 42.
She had to drag me back out (and we then had to dismantle the structure above to get access to it) as it was just beyond reach.
I certainly would not have tried doing this if I didn't have somebody who I could rely on to hoik me out.