Niall Myant-Best speaks to Richard Brisius and Phil Lawrence.
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Rest in peace John Fisher… My thoughts are with the family and his friends!
'…we understand John was wearing his safety equipment..' (4.53 in). As an off-shore sailor I really do not understand how this happened if he was actually attached to the boat. All I can say is that in this race, two people have died, quite unnecessarily and inexplicably. The speed at which the boats go (say 30+ knots) and the wind angle in the Southern Ocean mean that turning round to try to recover a MOB is impossible. Surely time to call a halt to this race.
Very Sad. Condolences.
If it's too cold to swim, a harness with tether should be employed. Even if you are climbing out on a pole I saw the earlier MOB with recovery on Scallywag and Yes the young man had a wetsuit on, but no bright colors or any sort of EPIRB or PLB was seen when he was recovered luckily. Wearing all black in a dark sea state is a recipe for disaster IMHO.
Like Tildy Johannsen wrote below: "The debate should now centre on whether this leg in the southern ocean is an acceptable risk now that the true cost is known."
So so sad, praying for a miracle. Respect the silence… it is an emergency, why wait so many hours to activate the Marine Rescue? It is the second time this happens on this boat. At least this time explanations are given, unlike what happened with Vestas, which was arriving to HK exactly between Scallywag and DongFeng. So, so sad everything.
How terrible.
Same Boat – 2 MOBs in same race – extremely lucky (crew member was not wearing a PFD or Tether) to recover 1st in relatively mild conditions in daytime………….treacherous conditions in Southern Ocean drops the probability of recovery before death to Zero………..You absolutely cannot go overboard – Harness n Tether 100% at ALL times………double hooks ensure continuous protection as you move about.
Most sailors would likely assume death if they went overboard in this conditions, period. Any non use of safety gear would be the sailor's ultimate decision, if not directed to by the skipper. My question is relative to a failure of equipment. Remember in the Sydney Hobart race, one sailor's teather was torn right off.
Don't give up
So sad I feel for the boat and the family , epeirb and flair kits on wet weather clothing are needed , a coloured daynight long burning flair helps , but not in this case Good luck
So so sorry to hear. Quiet shocking for family and friends. My thoughts are with them. May he RIP.
I don't know the full details nor am I a professional sailor, but in my opinion finding a MOB should not be this difficult. For example, as soon as a person goes overboard, the skipper or nearest crew member presses the alarm. The onboard navigation software marks the MOB location. Then the software begins calculating the drift of the person based on wind and water current data. All the boats have real-time wind, meteorological wind and approximate water current data. The software can then plot a course to the extrapolated person location and then plot out a search grid given the wind and water current data. Woulnd't adding something like this be possible and relatively inexpensive?
RIP
I don't understand how a MOB situation can happened in these kind of race, they are supposed to be attached with their harness to the boat at all time on deck no ??? Especially in big weather !
Tragic, RIP. How is it that sailors are not equipped with some kind of homing beacon on their person? Certainly the technology must exist?
rip john
RIP – John Fisher – All my thoughts are with the family
Wow this really sad to hear. Puts things into perspective big time.
Praying for a miracle. God save him god bless the sailors and the families of this great sportsmen and women.
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Too sad and unbelievable what happened.
Great interview Niall. Difficult situation and no good answers but you covered the important questions for me.
RIP
Sad news to hear this
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A sad loss to the sailing community. Truly a legend. Fair winds to wherever you are now John, to his family I hope the pain of your loss one day will ease, and the memory of John's life strengthen.
Saw this news when I went to bed last night and my heart sank, knew it was unlikely in those conditions to find him. I hope his family and teammates endure as best as they can. A noble way to go.
Rest in peace, John Fisher… so sad
I hope and pray for a miracle.
"adventure is worthwhile" aristotle
wishing strength and peace to john's family.
what about a helium ballon with 10 meter tether? this could aid in recovery.
Sad sad sad. Our thoughts are with the family and crew
As a former S&R officer in the Canadian Coast Guard I can attest to the challenges associated with a man overboard situation even in reasonable conditions and from a power craft so the efforts required to get turned around and back up wind without jeopardizing the whole crew would have been heroic. I’m sure the decision to sail on will haunt the captain and crew but it was the correct, and only one, under the circumstances