How You Can Recover a Man Overboard While You Are Sailing – The Figure 8 Method
It actually can be faster to recover a man overboard while you are under sail rather than dropping your sails and starting your engine. Here’s the basic overview: the steps for this maneuver are to rise or fall to a beam reach, tack, travel another beam reach, luff, head up or down to a close reach, and pick up your item or person.