wotayottie
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Well, have you? I havent - I tell myself that I will do so every year but I never get round to it.
Do you?
Do you?
so have you practised MOB drill this year?
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prv
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I've only been out with other people on board twice. Bloody weather.
You're right though, it's something I keep meaning to practice and don't.
Pete
You're right though, it's something I keep meaning to practice and don't.
Pete
Elessar
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Lost a fender just yesterday - by mistake - out with my kids.
I practice often - I teach, when I do I demonstrate, so it's second nature.
I remember how it was not so when I was on the boat less often. So practice!
Getting a real person on board is another matter altogether though. But if you have got back to them you could always launch the liferaft if you're struggling to get them back onboard.
And remember, MOB is a mayday. Not a see if you can recover them first and if not do a mayday.
johnalison
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Good question. My fenders have got socks on and it would be an awful bother to wash them and dry them wouldn't it?
We have practiced sometimes and I scored top marks last time I recovered my hat under sail, but we are not good at these drills. Must try harder.
We have practiced sometimes and I scored top marks last time I recovered my hat under sail, but we are not good at these drills. Must try harder.
lw395
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I have capsized a few dinghies does that count?
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Chrusty 1
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If I go overboard, there wont be anybody to turn the boat and pick me up.
So no I don't practice MOB.
jerrytug
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Same as Chrusty..in fact I have had a horseshoe and upside-down floatylight on the pushpit and the other day I thought,what`s the point? It`s just extra windage, and that long thin line is going in the propellor,it`s not if but when. If I *do* see someone do an MOB off another boat or a jetty,I have time to go below and get the horseshoe,for what it`s worth (which might be a lot).
Manouevering wise I can get to them no probs in sane conditions. But 1st I would bang out a DSC distress. No question,not even up for discussion.Holding that button down for 5 seconds is the 1st action.
cheers Jerry
Manouevering wise I can get to them no probs in sane conditions. But 1st I would bang out a DSC distress. No question,not even up for discussion.Holding that button down for 5 seconds is the 1st action.
cheers Jerry
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Blueboatman
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I do practise. Pikey mentality. So far this year, one balloon, one bucket, one upholstered poof ( bloody heavy, those footstools
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A certain sailing instructor of some note urged that MOB or picking up a mooring under sail was challenging in this boat so, well, you gorra prove the experts wrong, eh?
Given more time he would have figured that rolling away the genoa and sailing round and up on the main is pretty adroit.
Next time maybe it will be a shiny new - and matching- fender
).A certain sailing instructor of some note urged that MOB or picking up a mooring under sail was challenging in this boat so, well, you gorra prove the experts wrong, eh?
Given more time he would have figured that rolling away the genoa and sailing round and up on the main is pretty adroit.
Next time maybe it will be a shiny new - and matching- fender
Flying Penguin
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Yes... But rather embarrassingly it involved a minor mutiny, a heated 'discussion' and someone getting a face full of main sheet. All before we'd even turned back towards the 'casualty'.
Not our finest hour. Next time I'm just sending my BiL overboard with the horseshoe.
Not our finest hour. Next time I'm just sending my BiL overboard with the horseshoe.
Seajet
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Singlehander racers are still required to carry lifebuoys, as while they probably can't deploy it to themselves, they might to others, if only a drunk toddling off the harbour wall !
For reasons of self preservation, I try to show new crew the 'reach, tack, reach' procedure, but must admit the weather has scupperred this bright idea so far this year.
For reasons of self preservation, I try to show new crew the 'reach, tack, reach' procedure, but must admit the weather has scupperred this bright idea so far this year.
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Conachair
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If I go overboard, there wont be anybody to turn the boat and pick me up.
Me too. Though haven´t left the dock for so long it´s prob not a major concern.
Baggywrinkle
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We did practice (under motor), I gave the helm to one of the kids, the boat hook to the second and the third was on pointing duty (wife did the simulated mayday call) - I then threw a big fender over the side and let them get on with it.
Quite impressed - rotated round so each got a turn at every job and they all recovered it without incident first time.
Kids said it was great fun and at least they have an idea what to do. This also started a discussion about how to make a mob more visible, what to do about waves, under sail, motor etc.
All in all it was a very interesting discussion and helps get them thinking about the issues involved in survival, locating the MOB and recovery.
After all any plan is better then none at all.
Next holiday we'll do it under sail ...
Quite impressed - rotated round so each got a turn at every job and they all recovered it without incident first time.
Kids said it was great fun and at least they have an idea what to do. This also started a discussion about how to make a mob more visible, what to do about waves, under sail, motor etc.
All in all it was a very interesting discussion and helps get them thinking about the issues involved in survival, locating the MOB and recovery.
After all any plan is better then none at all.
Next holiday we'll do it under sail ...
prv
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Last time we did a Cornwall charter (before KS came along) we had a surprise hat-overboard drill. Two sailors, two non-sailors, we got back to it reassuringly quickly. It was clearly an eye-opener for the non-sailors though - we'd discussed the procedure in theory on the first day but they clearly (and unsurprisingly in retrospect) hadn't grasped it. One commented he was much happier now he'd done it for real.
Definitely ought to more of that sort of thing on KS than I do though.
Pete
Definitely ought to more of that sort of thing on KS than I do though.
Pete
PaulGooch
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The weather has so far meant that apart from one short day out, my only chance of "falling overboard" would be if i exceed the vodka limit and fall out of my chair.
LadyInBed
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If I go overboard, there wont be anybody to turn the boat and pick me up.
Same here
Just getting out on the boat would be nice
shaunksb
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I haven't got her in the water yet!
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Babylon
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Yes, three times this season so far, each with different crew.
I have an old fender with a bit of chain tied to it in a loop, kept in a separate locker to the main fenders.
Almost every time we're out, I'll suddenly throw it in and tell my crew - old hands or new - that I've fallen overboard! When they fail to recover me first time and without any instruction, we then set about practicing the drill. Later, once everyone can do it under power, we do the same under sail. I'm still alive.
What's more of a faff to practice (which I haven't done at all this year) is the bit where, once we're anchored or tied up somewhere, I don a drysuit, put on an old manual LJ with a long safety-line around my waist, and get into the water. With relatively high topsides and a traditional transom, they soon find that there's no easy way to secure the recovery tackle (8:1 purchase) onto me.
I have an old fender with a bit of chain tied to it in a loop, kept in a separate locker to the main fenders.
Almost every time we're out, I'll suddenly throw it in and tell my crew - old hands or new - that I've fallen overboard! When they fail to recover me first time and without any instruction, we then set about practicing the drill. Later, once everyone can do it under power, we do the same under sail. I'm still alive.
What's more of a faff to practice (which I haven't done at all this year) is the bit where, once we're anchored or tied up somewhere, I don a drysuit, put on an old manual LJ with a long safety-line around my waist, and get into the water. With relatively high topsides and a traditional transom, they soon find that there's no easy way to secure the recovery tackle (8:1 purchase) onto me.
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Chrusty 1
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Then for goodness sake don't practice MOB..................
It really hurts when you land face down on the tarmac!
Fantasie 19
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If I go overboard, there wont be anybody to turn the boat and pick me up.
+1
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Chrusty 1
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+1
I should have added, that "I would drown like a gentleman" That always seems to upset a few on here, still seeing as it's me, there are few that would applaud the idea!
