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Basic Sailing Man Overboard (MOB) Quickstop Recovery Diagram

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These notes are from PSC Senior Bay Instructor, Sheldon Turetsky, 8-28-02: |
"Before I instruct on the Quick-Stop method itself, I always
go through several verbal drills including making everyone individually recite
the following generic "objectives" correctly:
Once they are all clear on these, I proceed to cover the actual steps of the Quick-Stop method. When the first volunteer starts, I offer to allow them to practice back-winding the jib, if necessary. After anyone has difficulty in completing the recovery in under 2 minutes (usually because they miscalculated the last turn), I use that as a cue to bring up the issue about starting the engine (leave in neutral) if you have one [Bay auxiliary sailboats only, not river sailboats with an outboard motor]. Also, when there is no wind, we still practice several reps of the MOB drill... and that's when we get our best times (usually <50 seconds... [One member] did it in 33 seconds for an unofficial Club record)." Notes:
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Rev: 13 Sep 02, DPH