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  • Fri, 15 Jun 2012

How to recover a MOB that's still attached to your boat

a tethered MOB dummy

The MAIB report into the drowning of the skipper of Lion during the Morgan Cup race last year recommends the use of a short tether. We went sailing with a MOB dummy to find out what is involved in recovering a MOB that is still attached to the boat. The results were eye-opening - read our conclusions in the Summer 2012 issue of PBO. Here is the footage from the day.

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