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Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Re: Security belt
From: Bob Taylor (bobt@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Jan 19 2001 - 09:16:12 EST
Hi Lou
Haven't heard of that exactly but I did hear of this. A fellow I know had rigged some sort of trip line to his wind vane so that if he could get to it and pull it would cause the boat to round up. I don't know the particulars of how he did it but I know he did fall overboard once and, since he was telling me about it, it must have worked as he said.
Bob sv Adagio
Lou wrote:
> A 5/8" polypropylene "truck rope" 300 feet long with knots tied in it (even though it floats) is going to create a hell of a lot of drag! Also, if you don't have a weight or some sort of drag device on the end, that stuff will tend to be caught by waves and stretched taunt and then snap around. Even with a swivel attached the line will still get pretty tangled without some sort of weight. Once you put the weight on you now have a line that is underwater and it becomes a warp that by design is meant to slow your boat. It could also pick up seaweed and other floating debris which would slow you down further.
> If you are in storm conditions and need to slow your boat, then by all means drag some 300 foot warps and then if you go overboard maybe you might get lucky enough to grab one. But I'm not too sure it will do you any good even if you do happen to grab one. Has anyone ever heard of something like this working? I'm really curious.
> My thought would be, to have and use a tether you can trust and if you are really paranoid, maybe a radio controlled alarm system to alert your off watch crew in the case you do go overboard.
>
> Lou S/V FarAway
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: truelove39@XXX.XXX>
> To: worldcruising@XXX.XXX>
> Date: Thursday, January 18, 2001 2:36 PM
> Subject: [worldcruising] Re: Security belt
>
> In addition to the harness, tether, and jacklines, it is a good idea to trail
> a knotted line astern if single-handing. More than one single-hander has
> saved himself by this method after going overboard. I intend to use 300 feet
> of 5/8" black polypropylene "truck rope." I find this type of rope is the
> best towing painter for the dink. It's just large enough to get a good grip
> on, and it floats. At six knots, 300 feet gives you 30 seconds to grab it
> before it's gone.
>
> John
> "Truelove" - Westsail 43
>
> >The sailor came on watch and then we presume went to the walk
> > through transom on a brand new boat, stood on the stern to have his sea
> > water bath, fell overboard and the boat continued sailing at 7 knots on
> > autopilot for as much as 2 1/2 hours until the next watch change. Sadly we
> > did not find the sailor
>
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