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Donk107
Donk107
TAS
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TAS, 2446 posts
24 May 2018 2:37am
Thoughts on this

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EC31
EC31
NSW
490 posts
NSW, 490 posts
24 May 2018 8:30am
OMG, you accelerate when the MOB is next to the boat! And there is every chance that each of those lines could wrap on the prop as well. The conditions are calm in the video, what could possibly go wrong in rough conditions?
Ramona
Ramona
NSW
7752 posts
NSW, 7752 posts
24 May 2018 8:39am
EC31 said..
OMG, you accelerate when the MOB is next to the boat! And there is every chance that each of those lines could wrap on the prop as well. The conditions are calm in the video, what could possibly go wrong in rough conditions?


I agree. How cold was that there? The girl might have been dressed to make it look more severe. Offshore in a heavy swell would have made a better video.
Chris 249
Chris 249
NSW
3570 posts
NSW, 3570 posts
24 May 2018 11:05am
My thoughts exactly. There's going to be lots of difficulty in controlling the boatspeed and therefore the speed and forces being applied to the MOB, and there's double the chance of getting a rope around the prop. There's a detailed list of MOB incidents in the USA that show how often boats are disabled when trying to recover MOBs by lines around the prop, sometimes with fatal consequences.

It would also be interesting trying to get near the MOB with a drogue out to one side. It's going to play havoc with your boathandling at a time when you're under great stress already.
Jolene
Jolene
WA
1624 posts
WA, 1624 posts
24 May 2018 10:35am
The use of the drogue to winch up the MOB seems a descendant ( or maybe the other way around) of the Single Handed MOB retrieval system that used the drogue to pull you back to the boat as your boat sailed away.


sunycoastguy
sunycoastguy
QLD
224 posts
QLD, 224 posts
24 May 2018 9:00pm
Er wouldn't a ladder be easier, cheaper, and get more use out of it when swimming
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