"Knockdown"

An object lesson in the value of a safety harness. Passing 'Dubh Artach' light (Southern Hebrides), we were hit by a very large wave, which flung 15 tons of boat sideways. The skipper at the tiller wasflung out of the boat, and harnessless, was just saved by the other man (Mr Barton Raven) in the cockpit.