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    Posted: 29 Jan 14 at 6:12pm
I think you're more likely to get prop-chopped by the rescue boat than that!!!
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Originally posted by PeterG

Every time I think about doing that I then start thinking about my buoyancy bags ripping free of the hull, and the whole boat sinking.

Clip it with one of those plastic hooks, so you can pull it out easily if the highly improbable happens! That may make it more likely that the mainsheet will detach itself from you, but it will stop the boat taking you to the bottom when that pesky submarine torpedoes you, and it still makes you less likely to lose contact with the boat after a capsize.


Ah ... I see what you are getting at now ... the whole boat taking you down to the seabed ...

As stated above use a clip you can undo ... 

I use these

http://www.norfolkmarine.co.uk/shop-online/small-shackle-lightweight-plastic-pair-p-21657.html
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Every time I think about doing that I then start thinking about my buoyancy bags ripping free of the hull, and the whole boat sinking.

Clip it with one of those plastic hooks, so you can pull it out easily if the highly improbable happens! That may make it more likely that the mainsheet will detach itself from you, but it will stop the boat taking you to the bottom when that pesky submarine torpedoes you, and it still makes you less likely to lose contact with the boat after a capsize.
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Originally posted by MerlinMags

Originally posted by 2547

My biggest concern was separation from the boat on a capsize so I clip the tail of my mainsheet to my BA.


Every time I think about doing that I then start thinking about my buoyancy bags ripping free of the hull, and the whole boat sinking.

I know it isn't likely, but still I get paranoid...

How could attaching the mainsheet tail to your buoyancy aid lead to your buoyancy bags ripping out?
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Originally posted by 2547

My biggest concern was separation from the boat on a capsize so I clip the tail of my mainsheet to my BA.


Every time I think about doing that I then start thinking about my buoyancy bags ripping free of the hull, and the whole boat sinking.

I know it isn't likely, but still I get paranoid...
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And warm the core first so that the blood doesn't rush to the extremities... Is that correct?
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With hypothermia you need to warm up slowly rather than suddenly, so a warm shower is better than hot etc.  you learn this as part of your RYA First Aid training when you want to become any sort of coach or instructor.  You do need to do something though, so standing around cold is not an option.  Fit people can be just as prone as unfit too.
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Originally posted by sargesail

But the fact is nobody did die, I have heard no reports of significant injury (including cold injury - whoever it was who complained about the lack of warm water in the shower - you weren't that cold or you wouldn't have cared!) (See Tiger Trophy 12 - delayed shower for 45 minutes in order not to damage feet by rapid warming).  Which to me shows that the control measures in place for the risks were adequate....And we can bring this forward when the Health and Safety Bde show up.

Worries me a bit this para.

I am not a medical doctor nor an expert in Hypothermia and would like someone who is to comment. As a sailor you are both strong and fit, some of the contributers have indicated age influences their decision in relation to cold water immersion, at first sight it might look like delaying warming up might be a preferred option.
I am sure you don't mean that, so it might be a good idea to clarify the circumstances. Cold and old don't mix !
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Pah! Spring Chicken Nessa.......I am 68......52 was ok!
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I chose not to go to the Steve N because I knew it was going to be too windy for me, though I had no idea it would be THAT windy.  I have retired from  almost all the sailjuice races this year because while I am learning the boat I am more prone to capsize.  When I do capsize I can right the boat and get back into it.  But I am very aware that while I am faffing about in the wet stuff I am tying up the safety boat that is  waiting, so I go in.  I am not there for.a result, I am there to learn my boat in competition conditions,not to spoil or endanger anyone else's fun.  I do sometimes think while I am watching that there are plenty who ought to do likewise, but on the other hand, how else do they learn to cope?

I have had a mass of nasty capsizes over my 30 years of racing, and it's these that have taught me to stay calm, how to deal with various conditions and situations, and most importantly,when I am better off ashore.

And by the way, while some capsize recovery skill is without doubt down to fitness, a awful lot is down to technique.  That show at 52 I can keep going!
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