COMMITTEE WORKTHIS IS 6/1/10 DRAFT 1 VERSION OF CRAIG’S

SLIDES—FOR DISCUSSION AT 6/3 COMMITTEE CALL

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• Here’s a pretty complete list of shots, courtesy of Andy Saller• Lifesling Clinic Photos• Overview of Equipment• Types of Lifeslings• Lifesling mounted on rail• Retrieving line end tied to cleat or rail• Hoisting tackle • Tackle marked with Top label• Carabineer or quick release shackle on bottom for easy attachment to Lifesling bridle• Tackle in storage location on boat – not in Lifesling bag• Tackle in use position – attached to main halyard• Demonstration of Method• Victim falling overboard• Quickstop• View of victim from boat after quickstop• View from boat at point victim can no longer be seen – identify boat length distance from victim• Deploying Lifesling• Circling victim- each point of sail in the circle• Retrieving line reaching victim• Quickstop• Victim putting sling on – separate photo of clinic victim (in survival suit) cradling sling in arm• Dropping jib• Dropping main• Pulling retrieving line and victim back to boat• Pulling victim up on side of boat• Securing retrieving line to cleat – separate photo of clinic victim left lower on side of boat to reduce strain on victim’s back• Detaching main halyard from main• Attaching halyard to top of hoisting tackle • Attaching bottom of hoisting tackle to Lifesling bridle or lifeline• Raising hoisting tackle• Leading hoisting tackle line through fairlead and around winch• Releasing retrieving line from cleat• Victim slid forward after release• Grinding hoisting line in on winch• Victim above lifeline• Victim over lifeline• Cleating line, then helping victim onto boat• Easing line to lower victim onto deck• Common Mistakes• Retrieving line bunched up in water, Lifesling too close to boat• Running over retrieving line• Hoisting tackle led under lifeline• Hoisting tackle not raised high enough – show tackle 2-blocked with victim not yet on deck• Hoisting tackle attached upside down – fall end at bottom• Hoisting tackle twisted• Hoisting tackle line not led through fairlead• Hoisting before releasing retrieving line from cleat

Using the Lifesling to save your crew.

History

• Many documented deaths in Crew Over Board (COB) situations.

• Late 1970’s--The Sailing Foundation designs a dedicated COB rescue system – the Lifesling

Three issues when crew goes overboard:

Visibility Keep eye on COB-Quickstop

Flotation Lifesling collar

Retrieval Lifesling line

Lifesling design

• Flexible float with 20 lbs. buoyancy

• 125’-150’ floating line

• Draws closed around COB for hoisting

• Soft case, hard case, inflatable versions

COMMITTEE WORKADD NEW CLOSE UP OF CREW FALLING OVERBOARD HERE

ADD PHOTOS OF VARIOUS LIFESLING PRODUCTS NOW AVAILABLE

Crew Overboard!• The overriding priority: keep the COB in

sight.

• Throw a cushion or another buoyant object.

• Alert crew, if any; designate COB “watcher”.

• Push GPS “MOB” button

• STOP THE BOAT!

Stop the Boat: Quickstop Maneuver

• Head to windward, luffing the sails and stopping the boat.

• Deploy Lifesling (making sure it is attached to the boat).

• Turn through the eye of the wind, without tacking the jib sheets.

• If the mainsheet is run out, pull it in to a close-hauled position

Stop the Boat: Quickstop Maneuver (con’t)

• Sail past COB, gybing as necessary.

• Circle the COB , without touching the sheets

• Watch the Lifesling line –don’t run over it!

• Watch the COB – don’t run over him!

• Circle until the COB has the Lifesling.

Quickstop – after making contact with the COB

• STOP THE BOAT • As soon as the COB has the Lifesling

over his head, drop the sails.– Jib first – keeps boat head to wind.

If hanked-on, tie it down to keep it from jumping up the forestay.

– Then drop the main. – Keep lines out of the water

Committee work

• REVISE DRAWINGS TO BE SERIES OF ANIMATIONS, ONE BUILDING ON THE OTHER

• KEEP WIND AT TOP OF EACH DRAWING

• BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO ANY LEVEL OF THE ANIMATIONS IN LATER TALK

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Securing the COB

• Pull the COB in with the Lifesling line.

Pull to the windward side—boom and mainsail will be out of the way.

• Secure the line at a midship or cockpit cleat.

• You have the time to work safely--immediate danger of drowning is past.

Recovering the COB

• Get out the hoisting tackle. • Attach the lower end temporarily to a lifeline,

or directly onto the loop at the end of the Lifesling line.

• Identify a free halyard—most commonly the main halyard—and attach the fall end of the tackle.

Recovering the COB (con’t)

• Run the fall through a genoa sheet lead block to a sheet winch.

• Hoist the halyard at least 10’ off the deck and cleat it off.

• Attach the lower end to the Lifesling line loop (if not already attached).

• Undo the cleated Lifesling line and hoist the COB aboard.

Recovering the COB: Caveats

• Make sure the tackle’s fall comes from the upper block.

• Make sure the hoist is led outside the lifelines.

• Hoist the upper block at least 10’ off the deck so the COB will clear the lifelines.

Committee work

• ADD PHOTO OF COB SECURED ALONGSIDE BOAT

Committee work

• CLOSE-UP PICTURE OF THE TACKLE

• SECOND PHOTO OF TACKLE WITH FALL END SECURED TO HALYARD 10’ ABOVE DECK

• CLOSE UP SHOTS OF HOOKING TACKLE INTO LIFESLING AND SHOWING FAIR LEAD THROUGH JIB CAR TO WINCH

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Committee work

• Do this series of shots again with two more current boats, including one double-handed—ideally in larger seas!

• Get close-up of person falling overboard

• Show “push the MOB on GPS” on board

• Do aerial stills

• Do video from aloft and on board

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Tradewinds Sailing Quickstop

Tradewind cruisers are likely to be in different conditions:

• Sailing a broad reach or dead downwind

• 20-30 kn. of wind, 5-15’ seas

• Gybe preventer on the boom

• Genoa on the spinnaker pole, possibly wing-and-wing, or a spinnaker flying

• Short-handed crew

COMMITTEE WORK

• REVERSE ORIENTATION THESE DRAWINGS SO WIND IS AT THE TOP OF ALL DRAWINGS/ANIMATIONS

Downwind Problems

•big seas

•Steering is locked by AP or a windvane

•gybe preventer rigged to boom

•genoa on a pole

Downwind Quickstop

Problem: Solution:• big seas

• steering is locked by AP or windvane

• gybe preventer rigged to boom

• genoa on a pole

• Quickstop!

• unlock steering

• release preventer after starting turn to windward

• release genoa sheet as soon as sail starts to backwind

Downwind Quickstop sequence:

• Push MOB button, throw floating object

• Disengage windvane or autopilot.

• Start turn to windward.

• Cast off genoa sheet as it starts to

backwind.

Downwind Quickstop, cont’d

5. Cast off gybe preventer as main starts to

backwind.

6. Deploy Lifesling.

Downwind Quickstop, cont’d

Proceed as before, circle COB

Use some jib if needed

Steer tight circles until the COB has the

Lifesling

Committee work

• Do photos of downwind recovery

• Both still and video

• Aerial, on boat, and nearby

• Two different boats: one under spinnaker, one short-handed with poled-out jib

break

Preparing in advance

• Read literature, watch the video, take a class

• Get the gear on the boat, correctly installed

GEAR PREPARATION

• Lifesling and retrieval line in sound condition.

• Line tied and seized to a hard point, with UV protection.

• At Lifesling end, line tied in a loop long enough to go from the water to the rail, securely knotted and seized.

GEAR PREPARATION (con’t)

• Lifesling packed correctly.

• Hoisting tackle handy, long enough to extend from the water to 10’ off the deck, with the fall leading fair to a winch.

DOCK EXERCIZE

• with a MOB in the water or in the bottom of a dinghy alongside, hoist and drop the sails, rig the tackle, and hoist the MOB aboard.

AT SEA EXERCIZE

• practice MOB routine with a dummy (a fender tied to a bucket).

• Practice with a live MOB only under safely controlled conditions.

PRACTICE!

THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO

WITH YOUR LIFESLING