Lucky yachtsman recovered

Daibheid · 2014-04-05 16:33:55

90 minutes was a very long time in the water but yachts can take a lot of time to come about -particularly in heavy seas and especially if under spinnaker and the video shows how difficult it can be to get a casualty safely on board a high deck in rolling seas with them near incapacitated by hypothermia. Excellent job…

05-04-2014 04:33PM

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90 minutes was a very long time in the water but yachts can take a lot of time to come about -particularly in heavy seas and especially if under spinnaker and the video shows how difficult it can be to get a casualty safely on board a high deck in rolling seas with them near incapacitated by hypothermia.

Excellent job overall by skipper and crew.

http://gcaptain.com/video-overboard-yachtsman-rescued-pacific-ocean/

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Yeah he was, bit of discussion on it in the chit chat thread

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