Throwable, wearable sling with 22 pounds of flotation and 130 feet of floating line which can be used to pull a crew overboard to the boat and to hoist him aboard with a halyard. Plastimo has several similar COB products.
[Plastimo, Lorient, France]
Vinyl-coated buoys with built-in sea anchor in yellow or white for crew overboard. Circular life rings as well.
[Cal-June Inc., North Hollywood, CA, USA]
Triangular fabric attached to your boats toerail which can be used to raise an injured crewmember from the water, using a halyard.
[TriBuckle, UK]
A buoy designed for day or night crew-overboard practice. Includes a light at the top of a weighted floating wand. Can also be used to mark the spot of a real COB incident.
[Osha Data/CIH, Inc., Maplewood, NJ, USA]
Extensive list with good search facility. Covers just about any cruising topic. Tree and branch format for threads.
[The Sailing Company, Middletown, RI, USA]
Unmoderated forum on sail and power cruising. Lots of good advice and other resources, but you have to do some searching.
[Usenet, USA]
Unmoderated forum on various sailing topics. Some useful cruising information here, but you need to dig and you need to be selective..
[Usenet, USA]
A discussion board and photo gallery for cruising sailors and wannabes. Many specialized forums, including engines, multihulls, maintenance, piracy, the galley, insurance, destinations, and many more.
[Cruisers Forum, Buskerud, Norway]
Members of one of the largest cruising clubs exchange information and opinions on all cruising topics. No search facility. Use Ctrl-F on message titles, or just browse.
[Seven Seas Cruising Association, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA]
Threaded discussion board on many cruising subjects.
[Cruisenews Network, South Haven, MI, USA]