Question 1: What should the skipper do? [2 points]

He should have the rest of the crew position themselves , with safety
harness and lines in hand, and a flotation cushion tied to a line. They
should gently depower the boat so that it starts to set down while the
middle person leans over (the guys hands are free, are they not?) with the
harness...at that point it doesn't matter what part of himself he gets into
it, just so there's something to hold on to....he can use the flotation
cushion as ballast....you need to depower so the drag on his body isn't so
much that you can't free up his leg...at this point, winning the race is a
moot point...there's no way anyone's going to free that man up with the boat
going lickety split down the lake...

Question 2: What should the middle person do? [2 points]

Pass the gear down and make sure the spin pole don't clobber anyone when the
boat is taken off the wind....and to heck with the spinnaker..if it rips, it
rips...you've got a man possibly dying down there...

Question 3: As a skipper what would you change in
future races to mitigate a problem like this? [1 point]

I'd tell my crew to not use shroud's as anchors for their feet....it's about
as bad as people who stuff their feet under cabintop railings....

Question 4: In heavier winds with rolling conditions, would
you do anything differently? [1 point] Yeah, you could start to do death
rolls and bury the bow....maybe the bow wake would wash him back up on deck
( facetious answer)




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