Close Call in the Sea of Cortez
May 11, 2023
“I’m gonna lose you! Don’t let go…. Don’t let go!” Those were the words that I kept pleading to my husband as he clung to
“I’m gonna lose you! Don’t let go…. Don’t let go!” Those were the words that I kept pleading to my husband as he clung to
It’s not often that sailors get a chance to put their rescue and MOB training to the test, rarer still that they do as quickly
ACR Electronics’ Overboard Location Alert System (OLAS) technology works by creating a “virtual tether” between an OLAS wearable transmitter and any properly configured phone or
Mark Wheeler went overboard a few minutes before midnight. He was in the middle of Lake Michigan, 30 miles offshore in 40 knots of wind.
ACR AISlink ACR’s new AISlink MOB beacon will transmit a distress signal that can be picked up within a 5-mile radius by vessels equipped with
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Practice and master an Man Overboard drill so you can get back to and retrieve your crewmate quickly and efficiently
Those are the two words no one on any boat ever wants to hear. It is no surprise then that MOB recovery is a subject high on the list of any sail training activity. Kids in Optis and 420’s learn about it. Sailing schools teach it, offshore races have seminars on it, and there are detailed reports and debriefings on it.
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