"scbafreak via BoatKB.com" u25927@uwe wrote in message
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My initial thought is that the situations when someone goes aglub do not
usually lend themselves to having any useful help from an unattached dink.
The typical situation would be one of fairly high winds and seas, and
losing
a dink in those conditions would disappear it almost immediately from the
area. A dink made of what you describe would be highly susceptible to
being
wind-blown; thus, something with more windage would be a disadvantage. My
personal preference would be to throw multiple objects that float, which
is
described as littering the water.

So what if you attach a much longer line to the dink that is tied off
short
as to keep it at a shorter interval and, using a quick release knot, allow
it
to float much further behind the boat so as to give the MOB a line to grab
and a dink to crawl into if possible before throwing all sorts of
floatation
overboard. Would this also provide a line that would encircle the MOB
while
coming about making it easier to retrieve them, provided of course that
you
come about on the correct side of the MOB with the line.

Bill

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Interesting.. not sure if it would really make that much difference... might
make things worse. With the LifeSling, for example, you encircle the MOB
with the line, which eventually brings the attached horseshoe to the MOB. I
think the dink line might be too big and potentially harmful. Also, when you
get to the end, you have a fairly good size weight at the end, which might
be quite a smack.

I do think dinks should have lines running down the sides to facilitate
entry.

One thing to keep in mind is that everytime you add something to do, you in
some way take away from the actual recovery. The best approach is to stop
the boat next to the MOB, protecting them from the wind/waves. Then figure a
way to get them aboard.


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