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Originally Posted by BlowingOldBoots
Another interesting method I have come across but not practised was hove too with engine on. The MOB is down wind or up wind it doesn't matter but you have space; you use forward and reverse to ferry glide the hove to yacht into position. I may not have described in accurately here but it was very effective.
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That is the method recommended for my rig - but under sail. Bring the boat to a halt, beam on to the wind, a short distance to windward of the casualty. As my rig is unstayed it will lie at 90° to the boat with no drive. To move forward pull the boom aft, to sail backwards push it forward
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Originally Posted by parsifal
I have never lost up a man [or woman] overboard but when recovering lost hats I use the reach - tack - reach method. Seems to work ok most of the time. My success rate is probably about 75% but some hats make no effort to save themselves so they probably deserve to die
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An important point here - you can recover a hat with a boathook as you sail past at a good clip. To get a person out of the water you have to be going a lot slower. Discussing this with an instructor I was told that under 1 knot would get you through a Day Skipper exam but for a Yachtmaster you'd be expected to get down to under 1/2 knot.
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