Coast Guard Safety Alert:
This safety alert reminds all inflatable life jacket users of the importance of performing periodic maintenance on their equipment. Instances of fatal accidents where inflatable life jackets failed to properly inflate have…
Articles, White Papers, and Safety Moments (shorter items for presentation to groups) are available for your personal use. We hope these will enhance your time on the water and preparing for it.
by US Sailing |
| Feature Article
Subject: Preparation of Boat and Crew, Safety Gear, Boat, Safety Gear, Personal
Following the Low Speed Chase disaster, a general overhaul of local, and ultimately national offshore equipment requirements took place. The result is a comparatively compact document that covers a wide range of safety gear.
by Brad Willauer |
| Feature Article
Subject: Onboard Routines
Buy a pig-stick at http://bete-fleming.com/marine.htm
by Drew Plominski |
| White Paper
Subject: Heavy Weather, Emergencies
Last summer, at a dock in Boston, a 30-foot cruiser-racer sailboat was struck by lightning. Owner, Drew Plominski a member of the Cruising Club of America, describes the incident and the damage sustained.
by Chuck Hawley |
| Safety Moment
Subject: Preparation of Boat and Crew, Onboard Routines
Racing "Big Boats" on SF Bay aboard a classic wooden schooner highlights the need to brief crew on the specifics of their roles onboard.
by Joe Harris |
| Feature Article
Subject: Environment
Choosing Alternative Energy Options for Offshore Racing Sailboats
| Voyages
Subject: Preparation of Boat and Crew
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by Alex Agnew, Boston Station, Gulf of Maine Post Ben Heselton-Clements Tom McClellan Tori Willauer, Boston Station, Gulf of Maine Post
by Chuck Hawley |
| Safety Moment
Subject: Safety Gear, Personal
The failure rate of life jackets can be alarmingly high without proper attention
by Kitty and Scott Kushner |
| Voyages
Subject: Narratives
Kitty and I spent four years circumnavigating the globe on our 30-foot Allied Seawind ketch, Bebinka. When we returned home the first thing that friends asked was, “Weren’t you afraid of storms?”
| Voyages
Subject: Narratives
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from Voyages-2019
by Cruising Club of America
by John van-Schalkwyk, CCA Bras d’Or Station
| Voyages
Subject: Narratives
Wintering near Cape Horn, we discover the delights of our remote location
by George Day |
| Voyages
Subject: Narratives
3,000 Miles from Newport, Rhode Island, to Cowes, England, in 18 Days by George Day, Boston Station, Buzzards Bay Post
by Chuck Hawley |
| Safety Moment
Subject: Overboard
After several fatal short-handed crew overboard incidents involving members of the Sailing Foundation in Seattle, three of the members (Fred Hayes, Dick Marshall, Doug Fryer) began to search for a solution to short-handed overboard accidents. Their…
by Chuck Hawley |
| Safety Moment
Subject: Emergency Signalling
Whether you call them flares, or visual distress signals (VDS), or pyrotechnics, some visual form of getting attention from boaters or rescue agencies has been a mainstay of the Federal Recreational Boat Equipment requirements for decades. And…
| White Paper
Subject: Seamanship and Awareness
In March of 2018, three of our members presented a panel in seamanship to a full house in New York Yacht Club's renowned Model Room.
Presenting were:
by Mark Lenci |
| White Paper
Subject: Seamanship and Awareness, Navigation
This article suggests how the principles of handling emergencies on large ship can be applied to smaller private yachts – yachts capable of being cruised comfortably by two people. The principles can be easily extended to crews of more than two…
by Chuck Hawley |
| Safety Moment
Subject: Seamanship and Awareness
"What If?" is an excellent game to play onboard or ashore, with both experienced and inexperienced crew, day or night, at anchor or underway.