Health matters

Ouch! I've had a bad back recently, and it has made it rather difficult to move around.....as in needing to lean on furniture to move around the house. It comes to mind how difficult it is to sail a yacht when one's health is compromised. Hopefully I will be well soon, and in good time for the start of our trip in May.

Did you see in  the news recently that a (quite large) fishing boat has sunk off the north coast of Scotland? It would appear that all hands have been lost. It brings it home to you that putting to sea still involves risk to health and to life itself.

A recent journal article discussed methods of recovering a man overboard. There may be some legs of our trip where the crew comprises only myself and one other. If one of us were to go overboard it would become a considerable challenge to for the one remaining aboard to both control the yacht and recover the casualty. I must make sure Roger knows what to do, just in case the MOB happens to be me!

Ouch, my back!