A good topic for regular review:
Andy Schell
“As a skipper, if the words “man overboard” don’t send icy chills down your spine, you’re probably not doing enough to prevent it from happening. You go overboard, you’re dead. Simple as that. If we get you back—well, you’ve been very, very lucky.”
I believe in the “quick stop” maneuver at sea; it needs to be practiced in various conditions, along with the routine deployment of flotation and fixing the location of the POB. The only thing that I would add to Schell’s article is to double-check that there are no loose lines in the water before using the motor to retrieve the POB; a jib sheet wrapped around the propeller would almost certainly insure a catastrophe.
/fl