gasax - the RAF Sea King crew watched in frustration as the Jigsaw aircraft deployed the winchman and started to recover 2 survivors as a double lift with the winchman remaining in the dinghy. They got to the door and were not winched in, allegedly because the aircraft doesn't have a facility for the pilot to operate the winch - this is required because it is nigh on impossible for the winch op to operate the winch and drag the survivors inside. The 2 were winched back to the water and then subsequently rescued by boat.
The Jigsaw concept might be a good one but when the crews haven't actually trained to winch people from dinghies (only the water), try to do so from 40' and blow the dinghy alles uber der platz and don't have the facility to do a double survivor cabin entry - it does beg the question of how well this system is a. set up and b. policed. I gather the survivors were in their dinghies for well over an hour before the helo turned up - just as well it was a nice night and not sea state 6 in a gale!!