Comment by newsclues
You see it’s going to happen and move towards the edge of the yards.
You then get a bit of horizontal momentum and jump away from the centre of the ship, giving you a few seconds to fall away and hopefully hit the water.
You see it’s going to happen and move towards the edge of the yards.
You then get a bit of horizontal momentum and jump away from the centre of the ship, giving you a few seconds to fall away and hopefully hit the water.
In case anyone's curious, here's a picture of a couple sailors on a topyard [1] - I'm not sure you're easily getting any "horizontal momentum" on that thing while 50m in the air in choppy water. Nevermind the safety harnesses.
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-detail-of-main-mast-of-tal...
How many people are jumping?
If only 2 died then you'd need a pretty high survival rate from jumping for it to be advantageous over sitting still.