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    Posted: 29 Feb 16 at 10:26am
When i did my dinghy instructor course, many many moons ago the approach for getting someone bigger than yourself out the water was to push them down as hard as you could and then use the buoyancy momentum when they popped back up to help you.  Its not 'recommended' anymore though
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Originally posted by Jeepers

and went and bought a new car.


See what happens when you don't go sailing? Salutary lesson to us all!
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Very cold and windy where I am (30 miles from the South Coast). So we stayed at home, watched the England/Ireland highlights, had a nice Sunday lunch, and went and bought a new car.
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Over 180 junior Topper sailors sailed 3 races yesterday and another 3 races today at Weymouth - 18 gusting 25 knots and very cold both days.

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I can see a small hoist working.
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The whole point of having a safety boat is so we can sail boats which wouldn't be suitable for crossing the channel at night singlehanded, with the knowledge that we each take it in turns to mind the others. The problem of getting heavy people aboard is a serious one. I've never tried the engine as step method, but have heard it works.
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Inappropriate boats!  A good dinghy should be usable in anything short of a hurricane.... Either through reefing, or having a smaller sail to start with!!
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That's an approved method for getting people in. Best to turn the engine off while you do it.
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A friend at a commercial centre had the problem of getting a large person back into the rescue boat. His solution was to get the guy to stand on the engine horizontal plate above the prop, and the used the electrics to tilt the engine. I thought that was quite clever.
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There are various ways of doing this discussed on the RYA safety boat course, but in the end, physics will win unless the safety boat is prepared. We carry solid ladders to clip on the edge of the dory so people can climb up if able. They don't go under the boat like rope ones. On a small lake, you could even resort to bringing them near the edge where they can stand up.
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