It’s not often that sailors get a chance to put their rescue and MOB training to the test, rarer still that they do as quickly as newbie California sailor Khosrow “Koz” Khosravani did recently. If and when an emergency situation ever arises, though, it pays to be prepared.
This past September, Khosravani, and. At the time the boat was about three miles offshore. Next thing they knew, they saw—or at least they thought they saw—a human hand just above the surface near where this same pod of dolphins was now milling about. Steering closer—the crew was motorsailing at the time—Khosrow spotted the pale shape of a young woman in the water, naked and barely afloat.