What Mark said. I did the same course a while back and recovered turtled cats since then. As our safety boat lines are equipped with carabiniers so I simply loop the line over the front beam and pass it over the hull and pull sideway. Works fine for small cats even with a full mast: been there, done that. Just watch where the line goes and that it is not in a position to slice a hull or a crew. Have the crew try to sink the lower stern while you pull the line with the safety boat to get it back to the side, it helps.

Bow over stern is the only way to get a tri back up, I never had to recover one yet but as we have a couple of small tri on the parking lot I asked. It's also the right way to get a big cat back up, but things that big don't sail on our reservoir anyway.

As for safety cover *nobody* sail on our reservoir if there is not a safety boat present manned by a trained safety coxwain with up-to-date first aid training. The racing team get their own separate boat(s).