Boating and Safety

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

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Nautical Terms

• The long list
• A shorter list​

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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 ​

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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? ​

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​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
  

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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​

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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 

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​Mayday, Mayday

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

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Classes

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

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​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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