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Safety Moment, Cruising Club of America
Read moreCCA Safety Moment, Sally Honey, 12 January 2022
Read moreOur boat sat unused last year because of Covid, and I scheduled a two day in depth inspection last week to look at the boat, and safety issues. Issues found were extremely surprising and have led to improvements in boat safety.
We have a Trintella 47 built in Holland in 2001 with excellent construction. But he found:
Since the discontinuation of SeaTow's radio check service, the US Coast Guard recommends all VHF checks be held by DSC test call to their Rescue 21 system on digital channel 70 (the only all-digital channel). All fixed marine radios since 1999 have DSC capability. Since 2011 these radios must also have a DSC test call capability.
Read moreWith the recent indictment of the Captain of the Conception due to the loss of life during the fatal fire on board the dive boat on September 2, 2019, it is timely to consider how we have our vessels set up for charging the batteries on portable equipment. The National Safety Transportation Board review pointing at the charging battery powered devices as a probable cause of the fire should be a
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