How do YOU retrieve a MOB
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We carry a Lifesling. If the person is unconscious and unable to put it on, another person would have to enter the water to do so. Then that person would have to board the vessel and use the Lifsling to retrieve the victim. It would not be easy, especially in bad sea conditions.
No life ring onboard but first instuction will be for anyone else onboard not to take eyes off MOB while I turn around keeping MOB in view on helm side of the boat. My preference is to approach from windward of MOB so that a line can be passed to MOB. Single engined IB is more controlable with stern to the wind.
We did MOB drills with our kids, in open rough water, from the time they were able to tread water. The reasoning was that if they were going to fall over, it would happen in rough water. We wanted them to know what their boat looked like steaming away from them & what to do for pickup.
We never lost either one.
We did MOB drills with our kids, in open rough water, from the time they were able to tread water. The reasoning was that if they were going to fall over, it would happen in rough water. We wanted them to know what their boat looked like steaming away from them & what to do for pickup.
We never lost either one.
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We carry a lifesling, and yes we have a plan. We have actually had to retrieve a MOB from a sailboat race which we were observing.
"We did MOB drills with our kids, in open rough water, from the time they were able to tread water. The reasoning was that if they were going to fall over, it would happen in rough water. We wanted them to know what their boat looked like steaming away from them & what to do for pickup. We never lost either one." - WOW!
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I would hit the MOB button on the gps asap.
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how I get them back depends on
1. who they are
2. if I meant for them to go over the side or not.
1. who they are
2. if I meant for them to go over the side or not.
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I would immediately chop the throttles, look over my shoulder in the direction they went overboard, mark the position on the plotter and turn on all the lights while ordering someone to toss in a lifering w/ strobe (not only for it's utility as a flotation aid, but as a visual reference of the approximate position the person went in, and a means to get a read on set and drift), sound 5 or more short and rapid blasts on the whistle, remind the pointer not to take his/her eyes of the MOB, execute the proper turn and downswell run to set up for a good approach, then recover the person either indirectly with a throw line, or directly alongside.
I've practiced that once or twice, too. Be more than happy to explain the idea behind any part of it.
But like any emergency on any boat, you can break it down into the three distinct parts of my 'dealing with it' theory: Identify the problem, Isolate the problem, Remedy/Repair/Deal With the problem.
Identifying the problem could be one of your crew shouting "MAN OVERBOARD, PORT SIDE!"
Isolating the problem could be "Hey guys, Bob here isn't going to take his eyes of the Man Overboard, meantime I need all of you to sit down in the seats and keep your eye on him, too. That way nobody else falls over while I maneuver the boat to pick him up, and nobody blocks Bob's view."
Remedy the problem would be picking him back up.
I've practiced that once or twice, too. Be more than happy to explain the idea behind any part of it.
But like any emergency on any boat, you can break it down into the three distinct parts of my 'dealing with it' theory: Identify the problem, Isolate the problem, Remedy/Repair/Deal With the problem.
Identifying the problem could be one of your crew shouting "MAN OVERBOARD, PORT SIDE!"
Isolating the problem could be "Hey guys, Bob here isn't going to take his eyes of the Man Overboard, meantime I need all of you to sit down in the seats and keep your eye on him, too. That way nobody else falls over while I maneuver the boat to pick him up, and nobody blocks Bob's view."
Remedy the problem would be picking him back up.
I spent a week on a 44 ft trawler in the San Juan's. One day we practiced MOB drills with the LifeSling. The person in the best physical shape was the victim. She could barely hang on while the rest of us winched her up to the deck. Retrieving a "dead weight" person from the water is really tough to do! I'm glad I never fell overboard or off a dock.
When a hat blows away, I with the kids would do a hat overboard "rescue". The element of surprise added to the realism as does the limited amount of time to execute before it sinks, like a person in trouble. Pretty funny when there were guests onboard wondering about the sudden activity.
Being a powerboat, no life sling. I would try and get them onto the swimplatform. Maybe get some flotation under them to help but it would still be very difficult.
Being a powerboat, no life sling. I would try and get them onto the swimplatform. Maybe get some flotation under them to help but it would still be very difficult.
Periodically use trash spotted in the water, or a thrown in life ring, as a practice target for pick up. Admiral gets to do the driving as well, 'case I'm the one going in. Issue is going to be the getting the body into the boat. We have a Lifesling, Rescue Line, etc but the physics of handling what will probably be a dead weight is hard to comprehend. getting them to the swim platform maybe the first step, as we have a motor lifting crane there. Lots of nasty items back there tho'; props, swim platform edges, etc. We are trying to come up with a means of anchoring a tackle to the flying Bridge to enable us to come up over the side. Still working on it.
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I was so Dumb in my youth.
The two Teen agers had the boat hauling along about 30 Mph, jumping waves et al, and I'd be in the rear deck, setting gear up for the layout.
A couple times me and all the gear were airborne back there. Strange that we kept going along with the boat, but I always wondered if those two idiots would even look up, or even wonder if I was still in the boat. They were having way too much fun.
I've actually hauled three people out of the cold Alaskan waters.
They cannot help you at all. They are so cold they cannot even say thanks.
Hooray for a nice big PFD.
They not only help you to avoid running them over, but provide some good hand holds for hauling.
Then when the Sop is flopped down in the boat, unable to move, you can drag him out of the way with those "handles" he's got strapped on.
The last one was only 1/4 mile from shore. We just turned a big 180 to find him.
Slowed up into the wind and surf to get him on the up-wind side so we'd be moving into his position, and I'd be on the up-wind side to keep the wind from flipping the big inflatable over on top of us, and got hold of his "handles".
When I had a good hold the guy at the outboard, spun the boat around so the wind helped me haul him in.
Me and him both wound up in a pile at the Tiller man's feet.
He just turned for the beach and hit warp speed over the tops till we cruised right up onto the beach.
To this day I wish we had movies of that operation. It was smooth!
The two Teen agers had the boat hauling along about 30 Mph, jumping waves et al, and I'd be in the rear deck, setting gear up for the layout.
A couple times me and all the gear were airborne back there. Strange that we kept going along with the boat, but I always wondered if those two idiots would even look up, or even wonder if I was still in the boat. They were having way too much fun.
I've actually hauled three people out of the cold Alaskan waters.
They cannot help you at all. They are so cold they cannot even say thanks.
Hooray for a nice big PFD.
They not only help you to avoid running them over, but provide some good hand holds for hauling.
Then when the Sop is flopped down in the boat, unable to move, you can drag him out of the way with those "handles" he's got strapped on.
The last one was only 1/4 mile from shore. We just turned a big 180 to find him.
Slowed up into the wind and surf to get him on the up-wind side so we'd be moving into his position, and I'd be on the up-wind side to keep the wind from flipping the big inflatable over on top of us, and got hold of his "handles".
When I had a good hold the guy at the outboard, spun the boat around so the wind helped me haul him in.
Me and him both wound up in a pile at the Tiller man's feet.
He just turned for the beach and hit warp speed over the tops till we cruised right up onto the beach.
To this day I wish we had movies of that operation. It was smooth!