SAILING

Fire Balls A very interesting substitute for outlawed Halon fire extinguishers is now on the market. They are dry powder ...
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Emergency Jib Furl Practice Checklist Notice weather comingPrepare to furl jib, recognize furling failureAssign someone to announce situation on VHF ...
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Recently, someone new to the area asked me to come along on his boat for a local knowledge run. We ...
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Non-Subjective Tool This week I was tasked with determining if a prospective captain was ready to start taking charters for ...
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Avoiding an Emergency While Waiting on a Bridge Checklist Avoiding an Emergency While Waiting on a Bridge Drills Checklist Point ...
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Emergency Loose Jib Sheet Drills A flogging jib sheet is a hazard. It can snap your body, break items on ...
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Recently I took a FEMA course about shooting situations, and the section on why to run safety drills really caught ...
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Emergency Heaving Line Drills Checklist Cleat one bitter end or loop to your boatCoil entire line clockwise into strong handMake ...
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Emergency Heaving Line Drills Someday you are going to feel like you need a very long line to reach out ...
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Emergency Sailing off the Anchor Checklist Assign someone to announce situation on VHF and keep watchHave sound producing device ready ...
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