Lithium batteries are a fact of life in this day and age, and, like so many other things aboard, we must treat them with care. When I wrote the CCA article on Fire in the Boat – Prevention, I gently danced around the issue of fires in smaller…
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by Dick York,
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Safety Moment
Subject:
Fire/Flooding, Electronics
by Rick Wilson,
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Feature Article
Subject:
Emergencies, Heavy Weather
In this reprinted article from SAIL magazine, CCA member Rich Wilson shares the tale of a terrifying capsize at one of the roughest patches on the water.…
by Evans Starzinger,
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Feature Article
Subject:
Emergencies, Heavy Weather
Techniques, Tactics and Equipment
As weather conditions get progressively more severe, there is a line that is eventually crossed.
by John Rousmaniere,
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Feature Article
Subject:
Abandon Ship/Liferafts
By John Rousmaniere, A Berth to Bermuda (2006) © John Rousmaniere
by John Rousmaniere,
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Feature Article
Subject:
Overboard
From The Annapolis Book of Seamanship
Here are accounts of two successful rescue efforts in the stormy 2011 Chicago to Mackinac Race. Each rescuing crew was awarded an Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal by U.S. Sailing.
by Jeffrey Wisch, MD,
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Feature Article
Subject:
Medical, Medical
The Bermuda Race’s medical chair (a race skipper) describes the causes, prevention, and treatment of this all-too-common and potentially dangerous condition.