1. COMMITTEE WORK THIS IS 6/1/10 DRAFT 1 VERSION OF CRAIG’S SLIDES—FOR DISCUSSION AT 6/3 COMMITTEE CALL Have.ppt professional go through entire show and standardize type fonts, layouts, backgrounds

2. Using the Lifesling to save your crew.

3. History Many documented deaths in Crew Over Board (COB) situations. Late 1970’s--The Sailing Foundation designs a dedicated COB rescue system – the Lifesling

4. Three issues when crew goes overboard: VisibilityKeep eye on COB- Quickstop FlotationLifesling collar RetrievalLifesling line

5. Lifesling design Flexible float with 20 lbs. buoyancy 125’-150’ floating line Draws closed around COB for hoisting Soft case, hard case, inflatable versions

6. COMMITTEE WORK ADD NEW CLOSE UP OF CREW FALLING OVERBOARD HERE ADD PHOTOS OF VARIOUS LIFESLING PRODUCTS NOW AVAILABLE

7. 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!

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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

12. Quickstop -- 1

13. Quickstop -- 2

14. Quickstop --3

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. Committee work ADD PHOTO OF COB SECURED ALONGSIDE BOAT

20. 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

21. Quickstop --4

22. 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

23. Quickstop --4

37. 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

38. COMMITTEE WORK REVERSE ORIENTATION THESE DRAWINGS SO WIND IS AT THE TOP OF ALL DRAWINGS/ANIMATIONS

39. Downwind Problems big seas Steering is locked by AP or a windvane gybe preventer rigged to boom genoa on a pole

40. 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

41. 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.

45. Downwind Quickstop, cont’d 5.Cast off gybe preventer as main starts to backwind. 6.Deploy Lifesling.

47. Downwind Quickstop, cont’d Proceed as before, circle COB Use some jib if needed Steer tight circles until the COB has the Lifesling

48. 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

49. break

50. Preparing in advance Read literature, watch the video, take a class Get the gear on the boat, correctly installed

51. 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.

52. 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.

53. 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.

54. 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.

55. PRACTICE! THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR LIFESLING