SCOTTEDAVIS
Guru
While we discuss emergency exiting elsewhere how about emergency re-boarding.
Could you?
Here is the scene, middle of the night you get up to check the anchor (*pee over the side) and for what ever reason you fall overboard. You have the boat in the normal overnight condition that you always have it when overnight anchoring.
Can you get back in by yourself with no help?
How about....add any or all your choice.
1. Water temp is 59^F
2. Current is 2.1 kts
3. Waves or chop
4. You broke your wrist in the fall.
No help is available, no life jacket or harness attached.
Can you get back in the boat? How? Why not?
Discuss
* as Richard says not a good idea, but I bet we all have done it a time or two. I find it to be among the luxuries to do so on a nice night with a full moon, but I digress, sigh.
I will have a very hard time on my boat.
Could you?
Here is the scene, middle of the night you get up to check the anchor (*pee over the side) and for what ever reason you fall overboard. You have the boat in the normal overnight condition that you always have it when overnight anchoring.
Can you get back in by yourself with no help?
How about....add any or all your choice.
1. Water temp is 59^F
2. Current is 2.1 kts
3. Waves or chop
4. You broke your wrist in the fall.
No help is available, no life jacket or harness attached.
Can you get back in the boat? How? Why not?
Discuss
* as Richard says not a good idea, but I bet we all have done it a time or two. I find it to be among the luxuries to do so on a nice night with a full moon, but I digress, sigh.
I will have a very hard time on my boat.
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