Skipper overboard incident - three crew powerless to retrieve him

7:37 AM Sat 28 May 2011 GMT

'Lady Cilla and coastguard - horrendous conditions' .

All the Man OverBoard (MOB) training in the world will not necessarily rescue a crew fallen overboard. An experienced crew were this week unable to pull their skipper back on board, even though he was tethered and was wearing a life-jacket which inflated as he hit the water. British Skipper Dan Oliver, 40, was battling 45kt winds on his Contessa 32 yacht Lady Cilla with the rest of his crew when a three-metre rogue wave hit him head on and he was plunged into the 12C water near Brighton Marina, in Sussex. Oliver had three crew mates on board, and ...

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by Mark Bell/Sail-World Cruising