flaming
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This would have to be up there.
Fast forward to 3.30, and then think - would I have done that if I was the helm?
Fast forward to 3.30, and then think - would I have done that if I was the helm?
The most bizarre thing you've ever seen someone do on a boat.
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Tomahawk
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Well I would have waited and asked a couple of salient questions, "is everyone OK?" Probably ordered the bolt croppes next.
JumbleDuck
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Climb over the tiller in a peculiar way, jump overboard or, like everyone else on the boat (and I realise that this will sound like one of the pompous old Bufton-Tuftons whose letters appear in every issue of YM), not wear a lifejacket?
flaming
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It was more the rapid evacuation that I was thinking about.
Probably followed by the "hey, let's put this on youtube."
Wandering Star
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Ha Ha, I think his reaction was so fast he may have just not realised there was nothing left to hang the sails on even if he could have kept them dry. As for suggesting life jackets ... now that's bizarre!!!
Hermit
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Did he not jump in to assist the guy on the foredeck who (I think) went over with the rig?
prv
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I don't think it was an evacuation so much as an instinctive reaction to grab the bits that had fallen off
Pete
Sandy
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I half though they stood up to see the damage took a step forward and because of the loss of boat speed were forced to take another and another, but I am not so sure.
Perhaps, as skipper, they (as recent tragic incidents have shown) should be first to leave the vessel?
Perhaps, as skipper, they (as recent tragic incidents have shown) should be first to leave the vessel?
Wandering Star
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I missed the guy at the front, yes, you may be right, not sure! Also impressed with the improvisation skills shown by the crew in creating a temporary downwind rig so quickly.
Davegriff
New member
Pretty sure that's why. Head count...
Lakesailor
New member
Was that before or after he jumped overboard?
flaming
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You could be right, I hadn't spotted that.
TimBennet
New member
I think the helmsman suddenly remembered he still had the stainless steel split rings off the starboard shroud clevis pins in his pocket and wanted to see if he could replace them before anyone noticed they were missing.
Moonshining
Active member
Probably not the wisest course of action to double the number of MOBs, but I can understand the instinctive response.
steve350
Active member
Yep, when they lost the rig there was a possibility the mob may have been trapped under the sails. The helmsman reacted instantly and went to assist the mob.
JumbleDuck
Well-known member
Why? Is it just a macho thing?
C08
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I don't think it was an evacuation so much as an instinctive reaction to grab the bits that had fallen off
Pete
We were leaving our swinging mooring in Wales and having just let the mooring go for some unexplicable reason I felt an overwhelming need to retrieve it and shouted to my wife to take the tiller and I leapt overboard and swam back to the mooring and then treading water and holding the mooring wondered what the hell I had done that for. Now that is also bizzare!
prv
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I think it's a "warm, calm, Carribean water" thing. Very different environment to "SW Scotland". And even if you would po-facedly strap on your water-wings in such an environment, it is still an odd thing to bring up in an unrelated thread.
Pete
Ex-SolentBoy
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Here's another entry.
How to ruin a peaceful anchorage.
How to ruin a peaceful anchorage.
Greenheart
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Did he manage to revive the baby?