"Larry" wrote in message
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"News f2s" wrote in
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@news.freedom2surf.net:

They
started rigging a hoist system,

There's another screwup I've seen in the harbor retrieving
someone. They
always try to hoist the guy by hand....when not 3 ft away is the
end of a
halyard that leads down to a two-speed winch big enough to lift
half the
boat....80% up the mast.

Agreed.

Hazy memory, but I believe the crew used the spinnaker halyard
with a quick release clip holding a floating rope loop. The
problem was, they assumed they were all tough enough for a quick
heave, and then did not recognise the onset of hypothermia soon
enough, since the guy was still chatting and joking with them.

All preventable with a flip down ladder.
--
JimB
http://www.jimbaerselman.f2s.com/sw_peloponese.htm