"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Which is pretty rare, since most MOBs happen when conditions dictate a
beam
recovery.

And yet Cruising World just had an article where a beam recovery proved
impossible and a sailor drowned. Again, the swim platform is an option
that MIGHT prove to be a life saver.

Might is the operative word.


Perhaps, but for distance travel, you have no place to put davits. You
have
to triail the dinghy, which is a bad idea.

On the LIS, trailing a dinghy works fine and is the prefered method.
The clutter and weight of a davits system is unwanted vs. towing a
dinghy on occasion.

As I said, for distance travel, you have no place to put it.

If you're properly tethered, you would never reach the water.

Too many cases of too much slack for this to be a viable answer. Again
the swim platform option is a plus in the real world.
Again, no one is saying the platform is the best way to go, or even the
second best. But it can save lives and has done so in the past.

Huh? It's not a matter of slack. It's a matter of length. A proper tether
will save your life. An improper tether will end it prematurely.