Could you do a similar video for coastal rescues as some of these techniques would be very difficult when the tide and wind are from different directions? I reckon the ladder for the ribs should be a standard requirement for any support boat.
Good video but perhaps update the text just to confirm that you are pulling the engine kill cord each time. I know the chap did it, but worth making it clear.
Very good video. But, you picked up a number of sailors without reference to their sailboat. Did the sailboat sink? I doubt it. Was it turtled or simply broached? And in either case, I have known very few racers who will abandon their craft. What should the safety boat (single handed or not) do if the skipper does not need (or wish) to abandon the craft? Can the safety boat effectively right the turtled boat? Is it their job? And if it is, it is a big job for sure as I have been involved with this type of rescue more than once. I have not felt it was accomplished without great effort. There is little hope for a single handed rescue of a turtled boat, especially when the mast is grounded in the mud. Generally it seems to require more than one rescue boat to accomplish, and more than one singled handed rescue boat at that. Overall I think that rescue boat operators should not operate single handed. One crew member should be there to help. Light winds OK. But anything stronger, safety boats need a crew member. Am I wrong?
Possibly the best advice (amongst some good advice) the RYA has issued during the pandemic. Masks and boarding ladders obtained for all our boats - not expensive either. Link shared to all our safety boat drivers.
@@RYA1875 RYA Cymru Wales has been a very useful source of information/advice during the pandemic (not to mentioon the Zoom Meetings!!). Several club members have remarked how their perception of RYA has improved.
@@EverydayAthleteRach I just searched google and came up with nada. I'm in the United States. Is it only something available in the UK? It looks like a perfect boat for a small community sailing center where we usually have one Dockmaster or Instructor overseeing things. Is it light enough one person could pull it onto a floating dock? Thanks some more details on one would be helpful.
@@johnpadgett9480 Here's the website www.rigiflexboats.co.uk/ Our inland sailing club has three that are ten years+ old and still in great shape. There are different models/ sizes but they are heavy: they've got a 15hp outboard on the back so they need to be robust
rigiflex 360, the hulls will take a maximum of a 30hp short shaft outboard, I recommend a 20hp EFI (i.e. suzuki) as 15hp is underpowered, dont go for yamaha as heavy, also for optimum performance, put the 12ltr tank in the forward locker to get the weight forward and run the fuel line down the middle.
