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Old 01-11-2016, 07:30 PM   #39
BruceK
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Any event like that at night, especially if not 100% awake, is fraught with risk, even in benign conditions. The answer is avoiding the event in the first place.
I will pee off the swim step at night, but it`s one hand for the ship clamped around a rail, and the other hand....
A ladder in the water is essential to get back onboard night or day without much effort and gymnastics.
I once had a crew member on my sailboat knocked into the water hit by the boom in daytime, my other crew dived into the water in case he was unconscious, all was well but things can go bad fast.
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