DSC_5798, originally uploaded by hergan family.

The story from the crew: John was encouraging them to hike harder and while demostrating he missed the hiking strap and flipped off the boat.  John was not wearing a life jacket but did have a hold of the mainsheet and was dragged along behind the boat.

Based on the time codes on the photographs, it took 1min and 12 seconds to get John in the boat and sailing again from the time the above shot was taken.

We were able to rescue his favorite Lightning hat but not his glasses.

Here is the sequence…