Video - Man overboard recovery

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