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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 05/24/2011 :  17:28:22  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Rita found this article from Antigua today:

[url="http://www.antiguaobserver.com/?p=55364"]Freak accident leaves woman with severed hand.[/url]

It sounds like maybe they were using a capstan to hoist the man up the mast, and somehow she got her fingers caught against the warping head (gypsy)? What a horrible thing for the husband to watch, with nothing he could do (maybe shinny down the mast?). Sound like whatever they were using didn't have a deadman switch so she couldn't easily shut it down or reverse. And to have the good Samaritan get hurt almost as much as the woman just makes it worse.
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Response Posted - 05/24/2011 :  18:57:48  Show Profile
Awful. Hate to say it, but there's a lesson there... Somebody was using powerful equipment they were ill-prepared to operate. Similar things happen with ordinary winches on sailboats, when, for example, an over-eager crew tries to undo an override rather than let the helmsman luff up. The forces can be very dangerous.
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Response Posted - 05/25/2011 :  03:24:48  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Even on our boats, one of my greatest fears is finger entrapment at the winch. I repeatedly remind Peggy to be thoughtful when easing the jibsheets.

Awful event for all concerned.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/25/2011 :  09:00:38  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Found [url="http://www.antiguaobserver.com/?p=56675"]this follow up[/url] today. Apparently this happened over a month ago & both of them were airlifted to Miami for treatment.
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Response Posted - 05/25/2011 :  13:23:46  Show Profile
We have a 2 speed Barient 32 electric winch on SV Lysistrata and we almost always have someone run safety with a spin halyard. That way if something goes wrong, I can cut the primary and still have something to hang on. Always have a knife in the cockpit and on you if you go up.

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