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Video - Man overboard recovery

Video highlights below from the RNLI/PBO man overboard recovery trials

	Motorboat Elevator Part 1 The line was led from a stanchion to the electric anchor windlass, via an amidships cleat. A ‘manrope’, with a series of knots, was rigged from the cabin roof.
	Motorboat Elevator Part 2 The line was led from a stanchion to the electric anchor windlass, via an amidships cleat. A ‘manrope’, with a series of knots, was rigged from the cabin roof. Bryn controlled the line around the windlass drum and Jan acted as casualty helper.
	Yacht Elevator This is just a warp rigged to hang over the side in a small bight with one end made off and the other lead through a snatch block to a winch. A second ‘manrope’ was tied to a strong point in the cockpit and passed below the lifelines. This was a thick laid (twisted) rope rather than a braided one, as it’s better to hang on to, but it shouldn’t dangle too far into the water, just in case it fouls the prop. The MOB stands in the bight of rope, helps steady himself by holding onto the manrope, and is then winched up and comes aboard between the lifelines.
	Yacht double-strop A horizontal lift-out is safer for a casualty who has been in the water for some time. It is also easier to get him over the rails in this posture
	Yacht single strop A vertical lift is less comfortable but easier to attach. It is also less easy to manipulate the casualty over the rails in this position