Man Overboard Archives

MOB Recovery: A true story

May 9th, 2025

Nikki Henderson shares her real-life rescue of a crew member when they fell overboard. Here an excerpt: The south coast

May 6th, 2025

Handling emergencies begins with good preparation. Report by Nikki Henderson: A crew member falls overboard: the universal sailor’s nightmare. Here’s

April 24th, 2025

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is a UK government organization, authorized to investigate all maritime accidents in UK waters

April 17th, 2025

Roger Cottle was presumed dead after falling overboard and lost at sea for five-and-a-half hours in a holed lifejacket, at

December 3rd, 2024

The World Cruising Club revealed the lost crew member in the 2024 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers was 33-year-old Swedish sailor

December 2nd, 2024

At 02:27 UTC on December 2, a crew member went overboard from Johannes Schwarz’s Ocean Breeze, a Volvo 70 competing

September 9th, 2024

The offshore racing safety requirements are rather onerous today with the amount of equipment and education needed. It is a

July 15th, 2024

When you lose a crew into the water, what do you shout? The Man Overboard (MOB) hail has gotten snared

July 6th, 2024

by Ralph Naranjo, Practical Sailor The term Man Overboard (MOB) has been caught in the tide of political correctness, and

July 4th, 2023

Analysis conducted by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has revealed that crew have, on average, under 11 minutes to