rogerthebodger
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That's the idea I posted in #12. Very easy to interface with my auto pilot.
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Remote engine cut off
- Thread starter cagey
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That's the idea I posted in #12. Very easy to interface with my auto pilot.
pandos
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Yes! and I elaborated by adding "a pendulum switch which reads the current tack".... not attempting to steal your thunder.....That's the idea I posted in #12. Very easy to interface with my auto pilot.
TLouth7
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No exactly "wireless" but you could adapt the classic singlehander MOB solution of trailing a long line from the stern. In addition to disabling the autopilot/putting the helm over [1] it would pull the engine stop handle [2].
The rope routing could be something like:
bitter end tied to bulkhead adjacent to stop handle,
clove hitched to stop handle with enough slack that handle comes out before short loop pulls tight,
through turning block with good run to stop handle and tiller,
through block lashed to tiller,
through turning block at side of transom,
100m running astern.
[1] I favour detaching autopilot and letting the boat round up rather than forcing the helm over, but see [2].
[2] personally I do not rate this type of solution, and favour the 'stay on the boat' school of thought.
The rope routing could be something like:
bitter end tied to bulkhead adjacent to stop handle,
clove hitched to stop handle with enough slack that handle comes out before short loop pulls tight,
through turning block with good run to stop handle and tiller,
through block lashed to tiller,
through turning block at side of transom,
100m running astern.
[1] I favour detaching autopilot and letting the boat round up rather than forcing the helm over, but see [2].
[2] personally I do not rate this type of solution, and favour the 'stay on the boat' school of thought.
rogerthebodger
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Yes! and I elaborated by adding "a pendulum switch which reads the current tack".... not attempting to steal your thunder.....
I was thinking of using 2 mercury tilt switched to read current tack.
Daydream believer
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Most local man-overboard alarms operate the other way round, and activate when a signal is lost. Raymarine for example have their "Lifetag", and NASA the cheaper "MOBi" system.
Pete
I can see that being extremely dangerous if the system was connected to an engine cutoff & a crew was on board. (If no crew it probably would not matter all is lost anyway!!!!) I was standing on the pier at Ostend some years ago when a crew member, with no life jacket, fell off a boat entering the harbour ( In the days of the 2 old piers) If the engine had cut at that point the boat would have then smashed into a pier & been damaged before anything could have been sorted.
The crew was actually picked up by a following boat before his boat's crew even turned back so all was OK
Uricanejack
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Why not fit a kill switch on the solenoid? Same as the standard fitting on an outboard.
Daydream believer
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I like the idea of some thing to stop the boat and have a chance of getting to it, with a life jacket on you might at least have a chance in calmish water, also might atleast save the boat from colliding with someone else and thus save injury to others
should be simple enough to have a switch that tacks the boat having received input from a pendulum switch which reads the current tack.
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Personally I would like it to run into someone. It might raise the alarm a bit quicker !!!!!!!
I think you should forget all notion of trying to get back to the boat unless you have a rope to pull yourself with or unless you are almost stark naked & a good swimmer.
As well as sailing a cruiser I sail a Phantom dinghy & spend most of the time upside down. If the dinghy gets a few yards away from me it is really hard, wearing a wetsuit & a buoyancy aid & splash top, to swim to the boat. That is with light fairly tight gear. There is no way i could do it in my Musto sailing kit life jacket & boots. I might just as well sit there & save my energy.
So before the OP even bothers to try planing these schemes, may I respectfully suggest that you put your gear on & go & jump in the water & see how far you can swim ( I mean that nicely). If you do decide to go down this route then buy a harness for your tether & wear a buoyancy aid, rather than a life jacket, to give yourself a better chance of swimming- but a lesser chance of survival overall!!!!
KellysEye
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There are endless questions here about sorting out a MoB when the solution is to stop it. Harness, one long and one short tether, U-bolt in cockpit and jackstays then clip on. We did that in bad weather and always at night.