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Suddenly Overboard: True Stories of Sailors in Fatal Trouble Paperback – April 30, 2013

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition (April 30, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0071803319
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071803311
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsSuddenly Overboard is a page turner!
By Eliza on April 26, 2013
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A few days ago, a new book arrive, Suddenly Overboard: True Stories of Sailors in Fatal Trouble by Tom Lochhaas, a compilation of recent sailboat rescues from all over the world. The author has edited two anthologies of true sailing stories, Treacherous Waters: Stories of Sailors in the Clutch of the Sea and Intrepid Voyagers: Stories of the World's Most Adventurous Sailors, but in this book he uses his own writing skills and sailor's experience to make each incident rise from the print of rescue reports and newspaper accounts into three dimensional adventure stories.
What could possibly go wrong on a sail? The chapters are divided into categories of accidents answering that question including those occurring in the home harbor, or caused by storms, running aground, equipment failure, lack of communication and lack of preparation. Most of the accidents resulted in hypothermia and its sidekicks, confusion and loss of muscle function, so I enjoyed reading the book in bed under a down comforter as, through the graces of Lochhaas' vivid prose, each tale came alive in my imagination. It's a page-turner.
By the end of the book, it becomes obvious to any reader that one of the major causes of injury and death to sailors is the failure to wear a PFD, (Personal Flotation Device, previously known as life vest), at all times, whether wafting down a lake on a calm day or struggling through storms during a long-distance ocean race. Accidents by definition are unexpected - a gust of wind causes a line to tighten around a misplaced foot, a wave comes when someone is leaning over the rail - leaving no time to grab the life vest.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn important Text Book for all boating safety courses
By Frank Jasconious on May 19, 2013
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Just finished reading "Suddenly Overboard" by Tom Lochhaas. This is really an important read for both novice and experienced sailors alike. I would strongly recommend that anyone teaching a boating safety or introductory sailing make reading this book a mandatory part of the course. I especially like the chapter entitled "Can Your Crew Save You?". It really illustrated the perils of not teaching the basics to sailing companions as you never know if you may need them to save your life if you end up being tossed overboard. The stories retold in this chapter make me want to drill my novice sailing companions on man overboard drills at the beginning of every season as the first order of business. There are cases, where the wife or grandson did not even know how to let out the sheets to stall the boat when the skipper was knocked overboard. Throughout the chapters Tom really does emphasis how some very simple measures (like wearing a PFD) can mitigate some very serious situations.
In all my years of sailing with my children on the Merrimac river, I feel somewhat vindicated by all the times I insisted that they wear their life preservers BUT it still gives me pause to recall many other times when I realize that the adults should have been wearing PFD's as well.

My first purchase of this year's sailing season is going to be submergible handheld VHF. When you read Tom's book you will find many examples where the combination of PFD plus submergible VHF's literally saved people's lives. I have already sent a copy of Tom's book to one of my friends who I will be bareboat chartering a boat with this summer.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAs real as falling in the water
By Ron on April 26, 2013
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Mr Lochhaas has provided a series of accounts that should convince anyone that while something bad may not happen to him-- it could. Also, believing that it could and taking simple precautions makes it so much more likely to be recounted as an embarrassing story rather than a eulogy. This book should be required reading for anyone who wishes to go to sea, especially if he or she wishes to take along novices or unfamiliar crew along. This should convince any skipper to NOT skip the safety briefing, which begins before walking onto the dock.

The accounts are readable, riveting, and believable. You could get hypothermia (or at least feel like you have) just reading this book. Mr Lochhaas has done the sailing community a service by compiling these accounts.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat book!
By Amazon Customer on May 2, 2013
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This book made me aware of situations that I had never thought of. Complacency kills, and this book will open your eyes. The author uses actual accidents to show how to better protect yourself. It was a good read.
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3.0 out of 5 starsKeep ocean out
By G. Stege on November 15, 2013
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As a retired 6-pax CG captain and ocean racing skipper with over 25,000 blue water miles in my dossier I was looking a bit more analysis of cause for problems and how to avoid them. Other than that, a rocking good read.
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5.0 out of 5 starsMUST READ FOR EVERY BOATER!!!!! and enjoyable too.
By COLORADO GEM on September 2, 2013
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I read this book cover to cover and will certainly read it again before outfitting my boat this spring. It teaches everything you should know about preventing or saving yourself and others from boating accidents. It does this by presenting true facts in a highly readable and entertaining format. All the safety lectures and warnings do not accomplish what reading this book will. I bought this book to be entertained and learn a little about safety and disaster prevention, I got far more, Tom Lochhaas's book should be read by every one who is planning, for whatever reason, to step on a boat or a wharf. Tom Lochhaas has written a classic.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 starsA grim but useful read!

A depressing read and not as informative as "Boat Smart Chronicles". This book is written in a drier "just the facts ma'm" style but it has lessons to teach though... Read more

Published 11 months ago by M'ette
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Really good eye opener......I don't consider myself the safest boater and I hope this book will help me change and improve some of my habits.

Published 14 months ago by Boguslaw Szewczyk
3.0 out of 5 starsbut after awhile it begins to feel like the same story in a different...

This book is okay, but after awhile it begins to feel like the same story in a different setting with different people.

Published 19 months ago by Hobbit
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

it was a good book :)

Published 19 months ago by Misty Sawyers
5.0 out of 5 starsOffers new perspectives

I'm certainly thinking differently about sailing situations after reading this book. Highly recommended for all sailors.

Published 19 months ago by John
5.0 out of 5 starsoften times as easily as wearing a personal floatation device (PFD)

Reality check? Author Tom Lochhaas doesn’t take anything for granted when it comes to sailing and neither should you. Read more

Published 19 months ago by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsSuddenly Overboard

It not only an excellent buck, it should be on board of every boat, no matter what size or sail or power boat. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Klaus Gruner
2.0 out of 5 starsSingle minded scary book

I was quite eager to buy this book in order to learn from sailing accidents and avoid them ..Instead, this book is just a series of mostly fatal incidents grouped according to... Read more

Published 23 months ago by Simon Schütte
5.0 out of 5 starsFor Every Boater

Simple mistakes by others can benefit those who pay attention. That's what this book is about. The water IS NOT our natural environment and it will kill you, sometimes in short... Read more

Published on December 27, 2013 by Richard A. Clarke (rclarke246@aol.com)
3.0 out of 5 starsA Good Heads-Up Book

This is a good heads-up sailing book of what can happen when you're not paying attention or take things for granted. Read more

Published on July 15, 2013 by CWhite

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