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Boating and Safety


You and your crew's safety has to be priority ONE. First you need to learn the lingo and then start learning everything else.

Nautical Terms
  • The long list
  • A shorter list​

Types of Boats
  • The long list
  • The short list
  • Types of sailboats 
  • The Different Types of Sailboats
  • The Essential Features of All Good Cruising Sailboats ​

Safety at Sea
  • US Coast Guard (they enforce the rules so play nice) 
  • More tips from the USCG
  • ​A long list of linked articles on boat safety tips
  • How to prevent Seasickness
  • Boaters Safety and Education
  • Easy Ways to put Safety First
  • ​Pleasure craft safety equipment recommendations
  • Safe boating tips
  • Safe Skipper - Develop and publish mobile apps for recreational and commercial boaters worldwide.
  • Safe Skipper - Pleasure craft safety equipment recommendations
  • Safety at Sea
  • You need a Float Plan
  • Emergency Ditch Bags: Insurance for the Unexpected
  • Life Jackets: Fish in Comfort and Safety
  • Pleasure craft safety equipment recommendations
  • J is for Jacklines (and other safety equipment we wouldn’t be without)
  • 3 Checklists You Should Create for Your Boat ​​​
  • 12 yacht trackers compared
  • Why do keel failures happen and what can we do to prevent it? ​

​Man Over Board (MOB)
  • Training The Man Overboard Code of Practice
  • How to make sure you’re not an MOB
  • Self-rescue equipment for MOB
  • Training for MOB
  • Man Overboard Pole And Stuff - Forumn
  • Self-rescue: More reality checking
  • MOB myths busted

MOB Videos
  • How to recover a MOB (Man Overboard) from a yacht
  • Climbing on deck alone at 5 knots with self-rescue tether design 4 sea
  • Person Overboard - The figure 8 rescue
  • Solo Man Overboard Drill
  • Climbing on deck alone at 4 knots with self-rescue tether design 4 sea - from water
  • Overboard!
  • ​Man Overboard Drill 
  • Lifesling​

Radios at Sea
  • Marine VHF - Boat to boat and boat to shore, about 15 miles of range 
  • SSB (Single Side Band - Ham Radio) - World wide communications, but you need a personal license
  • Weather Radio - Local broadcasts by Coast Guard or other authorities 

​Mayday, Mayday
  • "Mayday were sinking" - crew rescued from the ARC yacht Magritte as she goes down

Classes
  • Classes taught around the world
  • Sailing School - Miami - Crew & Scarface
  • Boater Exams

​Videos
  • SV Delos - Fire And Breach In The Vessel
  • Just-Marine.net Commercial
  • Sailing Schooled Ep. 1 - Miami (first of five)
  • Security on the high seas​
  • Carbon Monoxide - Know the Signs
  • Communication at Sea
  • Floating Pharmacy | Sailing Wisdom
  • Robbed at Gunpoint & Pirate Self Defense Discussion
  • Lost shipping containers - what's the risk to yachts?
  • How We Survive at Sea: What's In Our Ditch Bag? - Sailing Ruby Rose
  • Overlanding Safety: Corruption & Bribes // Adventure Experts

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