Interesting article on MOB recovery and some new techniques being used & taught. Based on what sounds like a lot of analysis of actual incidents. https://www.uksailmakers.com/news/2022/4/19/new-thoughts-in-mob-recovery Mostly shows quite big boats in the videos, and talks about switching to motor power for the maneuvers. However the concepts could be useful for much smaller boats, including without motors. Montys have round hulls, but for example a Potter 19 has the kind of hard chines they mention as being a danger to an MOB when trying to pull up close to them. The life-sling as throw line could translate to just having a river paddling throw line aboard. A throw line is a basic must-have rescue item for whitewater paddling, where often the rescuing boat or person can't get right to where the line is needed, but it can be thrown. The idea of towing the rescue line or sling in a circle around the MOB - the way a ski boat brings the tow line back to the person in the water - just seems so obvious it's amazing it's a "new" idea for MOB (I water skied a bit decades ago but I never thought of applying it to MOB rescues). Much easier than trying to get right to the person, especially in intense conditions where an MOB is more likely, and harder to rescue. Even a motorless sailboat can likely sail a small enough arc around the MOB to get the line to them. More easily than trying to pull right up to them anyhow. And on smaller boats (especially with swim ladders) - might not need to be able to hoist the whole person out, just need to get them to a safe re-boarding position on the boat. Then one missing piece here is how would that last part (hoisting them out) get implemented on multihulls. They mention the dangers of whacking the MOB with hull edge (cat) or 'ama (tri) if attempting to pull right up to them, but the bit about hoisting the MOB would NOT work the same as shown for monohulls. If hoisting from the masthead, they'd always be getting pulled up against some part of the boat at an angle. cheers, John -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com