Superb seamanship....

[Sybarite]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv0zVsdwAb8

One lucky bass fisherman in the Raz de Sein alive thanks to the skill of his mates!

 

[armchairsailor]

Holy smoke. Respect the Raz...

 

[jimbaerselman]

I wonder if that boat had steps built in to help with the heavy lifting . . .

 

[Kukri]

It illustrates the difficulty of getting an MOB on board if not under sail and hove-to. Heave up on the downroll...and brace for the increase in apparent weight on the uproll.

 

[Tony Cross]

And it's a good lesson in the dangers of getting yourself beam-on to a breaking sea.

 

[sighmoon]

And it's a good lesson in the dangers of getting yourself beam-on to a breaking sea.

Quite.

At 00:12, when knocked beam on, would he have been better off turning down wind? My thinking is that the bow would have been blowing off anyway, and there'd be a tiny bit more time between crests.

 

[Kukri]

Yes if he had enough steerage way on and had enough time - my guess is that he had neither - he had lost some speed and there were about four seconds between crests. At any rate better than trying to turn into the wind.

 

[Sybarite]

Yes if he had enough steerage way on and had enough time - my guess is that he had neither - he had lost some speed and there were about four seconds between crests. At any rate better than trying to turn into the wind.

You have to remember that these guys are fishing with lines for bass and are more likely to be in the cockpit than always behind the wheel. There seem to be a succession of waves finishing with a (minor) rogue?

 

[pisspoor]

It illustrates the difficulty of getting an MOB on board if not under sail and hove-to. Heave up on the downroll...and brace for the increase in apparent weight on the uproll.

This is something most people don't appreciate ... it is even harder if the person is unconscious ..

PP

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

It can happen to any of us; the lesson is to keep alert in these situations and try to keep the bow straight against the waves and if the engine is not powerful enough, must find the opportunity to turn round and run with it; there is no easy way out of this.

And if things go really wrong, then having a couple of boats on the stand by who know what they are doing, is a saviour. In this case, the chap on the stand by boat kept his cool.