Why you clip on!

BBC News - Yachtsman overboard in South Atlantic storm
You sometimes wonder why all the fuss about clipping on and off before you come into and after you leave the cockpit when offshore This scary video from the Clipper should be all the reason you ever need. Looks like they did a good job and got him back within 17 minutes: plenty long enough in the cold S. Atlantic I'd imagine...

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