The Jordan Series Drogue, a string of relatively small fabric cones (100 or so), provides an adjustable tool to slow a boat. It's an invaluable tool for managing heavy weather on a sailboat.
Steve Brown conducted a survey of highly acclaimed…
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.
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Safety Moment
Subject:
Rendering Assistance
CCA Safety Moment for March 2021
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Feature Article
Subject:
Culture of Safety, Overboard
The CCA Safety & Seamanship Committee says the time for lifejackets is now and makes the case for their use as a key element of its Culture of Safety Recommendations.
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White Paper
Subject:
Culture of Safety, Seamanship and Awareness
Advocates of the phrase, “leaders are born not made,” discount expertise and dwell on behavioral traits such as charisma, compassion, extroversion, boldness, etc. These personality attributes certainly play an important role in acquiring…
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Feature Article
Subject:
Culture of Safety, Seamanship and Awareness
Executive Summary
William Strassberg, MD
January, 2021
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Travelog
Subject:
Narratives, Emergencies
A rescue amid a terrifying capsize is brought to life in this firsthand retelling.
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Voyages
Subject:
Narratives
Summer 2019—Night Watch in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands
by David Tunick, New York Station
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Safety Moment
Subject:
Anchoring
Perhaps a meta-analysis of anchoring tests is the only way to get a sufficiently broad idea of what will work best for an individual. No single test proves very much, and all are compromised by the simplifying assumptions in the test protocol.
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Feature Article
Subject:
Environment
The movie “Albatross” shows the impact of plastics on the albatrosses of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The movie was made between 2009 and 2012. Midway Atoll NWR is located more than a thousand miles northwest of Honolulu and shelters the…
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Safety Moment
Subject:
Safety Gear, Personal
After an initial stage of having existing life jacket designs updated with modern labels, new life jacket designs created under a new UL standard (UL 12402) will begin to enter the market, and these life jackets may have features and innovations…
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Safety Moment
Subject:
Safety Gear, Boat, Safety Gear, Personal
Sea and be Seen
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Safety Moment
Subject:
Seamanship and Awareness
Sailors can learn from the crash of flight 8303. We can, on occasion, get into a situation that gets more and more difficult from which to recover. This can be caused by ego, or by a sudden change in the expected circumstances, or a lack of “…
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Feature Article
Subject:
Electronics, Communications
Not just for safety anymore, DSC can be used to contact another boat for purely non-emergency reasons, such as find other boats positions and automatically plot them on your chart-plotter Not only that, you can set your radio to be part of a “group…
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Feature Article
Subject:
Safety Gear, Personal, Overboard
The CCA recommends that, at the skipper’s discretion, all crew should WEAR A LIFE JACKET when on deck of a recreational boat. There are various types of life jackets with advantages and disadvantages, and that are appropriate for different…
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Safety Moment
Subject:
Sails and Rigging
Preventers for off wind sailing has always been a popular discussion topic.
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Feature Article
Subject:
Seamanship and Awareness
CCA member Richard du Moulin contributes to our “Creating a Culture of Safety” series, reflecting on the essence of great leadership at sea in this article adapted from his work as a long-time leader of safety-at-sea seminars for the Storm…
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Safety Moment
Subject:
Safety Gear, Personal, Overboard
I like to think that the courses and articles and online tutorials are complete and easy to understand, but anyone who teaches knows that the best way to check comprehension is to listen to the questions that are asked. After my “story” in Lectronic…
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Voyages
Subject:
Narratives
by Gust Stringos, Boston Station, Gulf of Maine Post