Photos  
2013 08 17, port of Zumaia, Basque Country, Spain. Equipment: life vest Certec Rafale, self-rescue tether TV3E3
Keep in pouch
Pouch is also a tool bag
Snap hook on deck line
Jump
Life vest inflates
Free handle
pull left & right HARD! sleeve is open
Shorten 1st section
pull strap... until it blocks... secure with a half knot
WARNING: don't block upper section. Tie the half-knot below the ring.
Shorten 2nd section
pull strap... until it blocks... half-knot.
Shorten 3rd section
pull strap... until it blocks... half-knot.
Deploy stirrups
pull stirrup sleeves ... stirrups are deployed.
Climb with stirrups
place foot on largest stirrup push on stirrup, pull with opposite hand.
repeat with shorter stirrups.. until you reach the deck.
You are aboard
Universal quick release QO
2013 08 17, port of Zumaia, Basque Country, Spain. Equipment: life vest Certec Rafale, Universal quick release QO, tether Plastimo.
Release your tether
load ~10kg pull...
snap hook opens... tether is released.
Textile shackles
KD6MP KD6LP
Use of shackles
Anti-shafing tubular strap. Model: KD4MP.
External photos
Climbing aboard at 8.5 knots on the sailship Corto (Jean-Pierre Brouns, May 2014) photos (pdf).
Zumaia (Spanish Basque Country). Breaking wave and hot situation. Photos by David Rascón
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