An unclear question almost leads to calamity on board.
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School of Hard Rocks
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Seamanship and Awareness
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Safety Moment
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Anchoring
A rope-to-chain splice can retain nearly 90% of the strength of the rode's components.
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Safety Moment
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Seamanship and Awareness, Emergencies
2024 Search and Rescue Experience in Lake SuperiorMark & Bev Lenci, M/V Friendship 4We have decades of worldwide cruising experience, but those years never included being the primary vessel in a search and rescue (SAR) event. Then in one week,…
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School of Hard Rocks
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Seamanship and Awareness
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White Paper
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Preparation of Boat and Crew, Safety Gear, Boat, Good Practices Underway, Emergencies, Emergency Signalling, Search and Rescue, Electronics, Communications, AIS, Getting Weather
The CCA Offshore Communications Committee has prepared an in-depth overview of offshore communications methods and considerations, from VHF to Starlink. Those planning an offshore voyage should consider reviewing this document.
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School of Hard Rocks
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Navigation and Piloting
In view of Stan’s apparent knowledge, I delegated the pilotage to him and, stupidly, didn’t keep an eye on the charts and the marks although I had read up on the passage. At that stage we did not have a chart plotter so we were relying on paper…