Rambler capsized during Fastnet

   Blimey! What an eye opener. Really scary stuff.

I'll be ensuring to do my lifejacket up properly next time I'm out and maybe not so keen to sling it off as soon as I'm below!

Good points about where to place the rafts. Thinking about all of the yachts I've raced, they never seem to be in a great place if you were to turtle

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ASok Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Sep 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 739	Post Options Post Reply Quote ASok Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Rambler capsized during Fastnet Posted: 04 Nov 11 at 5:54pm
	Blimey! What an eye opener. Really scary stuff. I'll be ensuring to do my lifejacket up properly next time I'm out and maybe not so keen to sling it off as soon as I'm below! Good points about where to place the rafts. Thinking about all of the yachts I've raced, they never seem to be in a great place if you were to turtle

alstorer Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899	Post Options Post Reply Quote alstorer Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Nov 11 at 10:13pm
	Open 60s (and some other single/short handers?) have the raft mounted in (not on) the stern, next to an escape hatch. The companion way hatches seal tight. They've designed all this around the possibility of having the keel come off in the mid Southern Ocean when on your own- but surely this should be standard for all modern "proper" ocean racers? The VO70s have a hatch, and the raft postioned such that it can probably be easily deployed by leaning out that hatch.
	-_ Al