Re: towing -- self rescue ideas

From: Justin Gordon (justin@booza.mcm.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Tue Aug 22 1995 - 12:43:18 PDT


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From: justin@booza.mcm.com-DeleteThis (Justin Gordon)
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Subject: Re: towing -- self rescue ideas
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The fellow that had the accident (name not disclosed) dropped his
sail in the water and it sunk. Another time, he tried derigging in the
water and dropped his mast foot (which was particularly frustrating b/c
the wind came back up and he could have sailed to shore).

Does anybody have any suggestions for the best way to self-rescue:
1. swimming stance to swim in with board rigged
        -- I usually do backstroke with board held between my legs.

2. derigging at sea
        -- does it work?
        -- best ways to do it?

Justin
        

> Sailing at Sterling yesterday I came across a sailor paddling his
> board in. We tried the towing suggestion posted here sometime back.
> Mucho thanks to the contributor - it worked great.
>
> As suggested, we used a 25 ft length of parachute cord that I stow in
> a fanny pack. We tied one end to his mast base and the other to my
> spreader bar. The stretchiness of the cord is important since we hit
> chop at different times. I was on an 8'4" but I was able to hook in
> and sail fairly comfortably. We built up enough speed that he had to
> close his eyes against the spray coming off the nose of his board.
>
> - Matt
>
> BTW, he'd blown two panels out of his sail in a fall. He had tried to
> sail it in but the monofilm was just too shredded.
>
>



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