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by Mark Lenci, |
Subject: 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,…
by Michael Moore, |
Subject: Seamanship and Awareness
Undone by Unappreciated Risk in Routine Maneuver
by Mark Lenci, |
Subject: 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.
by John Franklin, |
Subject: 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…
by James Phyfe, |
Subject: Heavy Weather
“From the CCA School of Hard Rocks
by Chuck Hawley, |
Subject: Culture of Safety, Good Practices Underway
“Safety Moments, presented at CCA Stations and Posts” By Chuck Hawley, San Francisco Station, May 2023