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Eric Hymas — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:59:03 +0000

I remember trying man overboard on my brothers catamaran on a clam day in the Caribbean. Not much too it, I chucked myself off, my brother tacked a couple of times under sail and managed to pick me up with relatively no problems, to my surprise.

Definitely a good idea to practice on a calm day so that when it does happen you are prepared and know what to do.

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stickystips — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:06:20 +0000

Sorry that this reply has taken so long. I had this system set up so that every time someone commented, I was automatically warned in an email. System has not quite worked!

I always try to approach the casualty in the water so that he is on the leeward side, for the following reasons:
1. I do not drop the main, on a large number of boats this could take too long.
2. Despite approaching head to wind, the helm may not get this approach perfect and if the main should fill, the casualty will be closer to the deck by being on the leeward side.
3. The boat, if the approach angle is not as good as it should be, could be blown onto the casualty in the water. If he is conscious, he will grab hold of the toerail pdq!

Comment on Warps at sea by stickystips

stickystips — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:57:42 +0000

I am sorry it has taken me so long to reply. I had this wonderful system set up which, when someone put an entry in my blog, I was immediately told of it, so that I could respond. Did not quite work , I’m afraid.

Anyway the “rule of thumb” you refer to does depend to some degree on where you plan to sail, but with a 26′, I suspect that you are not making long passages, at least not yet. For your boat I would have the following:
One 30m nylon line which would be not only the warp to connect to your anchor chain but also be used as a towing line 12mm diameter.
3 9m polyester lines for springs 12 mm diameter.
3 6m polyester lines for breast ropes again 12mm diameter.

As regards your anchor problem. Firstly reconnoitre the area and work out by using your echo sounder what the depth is going to be where you lay your anchor. Tell the crew this and when you order the anchor to be let go, they should let the anchor and chain out the requisite amount so that the anchor length and chain equal the depth. Once this amount has been let out you, at the helm, take the yacht back using tide wind and power if needs be. The foredeck crew then lay out the chain the requisite amount, whilst you gently take the boat back. The important thing is that you are going astern as the chain is laid out, so there will be no heap of chain on top of the anchor.

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Comment on Warps at sea by norman osborn

norman osborn — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:08:13 +0000

Our recently purchased 26footer has a variety of “warps”. I wish to rationalize these and recall seeing a “rule of thumb” about numbers and lengths. Is there such a thing?

And I am afraid I am confused by your recent article in All at Sea regarding digging in an anchor. If the depth is slightly uncertain how do you know how much chain to let go to avoid the heap on the bottom refered to?

Many thanks

Norman