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Short recommendation for creating a repository of contact information, polar diagrams, landfall checklist, useful internet sites, storage placement diagrams, flag symbols, and much more.
[Bill Dillon and Pat Watt, USA]
Suggestions for how to make sure you and your crew will know exactly what each is to do when "something" really happens.
[Ocean Navigator, August 2002]
The Category 0 and 1 safety regulations for ocean racers are a good starting point for cruisers to evaluate their safety gear. Upgrades to your VHF, radar transponder, preventer, sea anchors and drogues are discussed. 3 pages with photos.
[Blue Water Sailing, May 2004]
The need for an accessible list of emergency procedures. Thoughts on stopping boat-threatening leaks, including making a "diaper", selecting an array of bilge pumps. Sidebar on how to prepare to be rescued by helicopter.
[SailNet, 2 January 2003]
List of emergency to-do′s for dismasting, rig failure, and leaks. Excerpted from the author′s book, The Boat Book.
[Cruising World, July 2000]
An extensive checklist for a safe, courteous, and environmentally-friendly, and law-abiding cruise.
[The Cruising Association, London, UK]
Compiled by the governing body of U.S. ocean racing and sailing, this book belongs aboard every offshore cruising boat and its recommendations in the head of every serious cruiser.
[US Sailing, Portsmouth, RI, USA]
One boat′s list of crew fundamentals for avoiding accidents, damage, misunderstandings, gear loss, and illness. Includes precautions at anchor, operating the dinghy, in the galley, and on passage.
[Bill Dillon and Pat Watt, USA]Note: Have an idea for improving this stie? Please .
Extensive grab bag of checklists for sending distress calls, abandoning ship, contacting important people, dealing with medical emergencies, a fouled propeller, dead batteries, and dozens of other difficult situations. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]I know how hard it is to think clearly with water lapping around your feet, so lesson number one for me has been to write all the important safety procedures down.
Brian Hancock
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