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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]
Sailing is 95% boredom and 5% pure terror.
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