| the 2018 Midwinters/US Nationals Lake Eustis SC * February 2-4 a work in progress - updated: 6 March 2018 at 1011 hrs.. |
 Dave McCreedy and Dave Wilpula needed assistance to extract their mast tip from the lake bottom and the safety boat was happy to oblige.  Dave Wilpula finds a fine leaning post while awaiting further developments. more here The finer points of the "scoop"  The "scoop" method of
self-rescue consists of having the sailor on the
centreboard scooping the other crew member up
into the boat as it comes upright. What the
"scoopee" needs to do is to
1. grip the thwart where it meets the CB box, and 2. make sure that (s)he ends up inside the hull preferably on the thwart where it meets the box  At
this point, the scoopee wants to make sure (s)he
ends up inside the boat as
the mast comes to vertical. I have yet to find a
graceful way to do this. As I recall, I grabbed
the thwart where it meets the box and made sure
at least one of my feet was under the side deck
aft of the thwart.
Above, the crew in the water might do well to put a foot on the inside of the hull aft of the thwart and then quickly straighten up along the thwart. From this position, he can move weight to windward to help the board man fight against the effects of the windblown spinnaker they are dealing with here. Better yet, the inside guy can uncleat the spi and remove it as an obstacle to successful righting.  The
nastier the conditions, the more valuable saved
seconds become. If the crew ends up inside the
boat on the thwart, he is in perfect position to
do "jobs one": get the dangerous spi down and
completely raise the board as soon as the boat
is more or less upright, after making sure that
the main and jib sheets are
free to run out so that neither sail can fill.
Once the boat is stabilized in the R&R
position: dead in the water and sideways to the
wind with no steering needed, Mr. Inboard can
safely move to windward until Mr. Outboard can
easily slide back aboard over a side deck that
is partially submerged.
 Life goes on. |