1. Needless Injuries – Loading or unloading equipment from a motor or sailing yacht when conditions are difficult can be dangerous. Working on a wet slippery platform can create all kinds of problems that result in frustration, accidents and injuries. With a decent Lift installed on your vessel ... Views: 1215
Many people out boating never consider how easy it is to go overboard until they unexpectedly find themselves in the water. Some C.O.B (crew over board) will remain relaxed and wait to be rescued, while others will panic increasing their chances of drowning. Hopefully they are wearing a life ... Views: 840
Getting A New Puppy? Then Read This
Many new puppy owners will need their puppy to experience a safe space to stay during the night and in the daytime. Usually new puppy owners will get a crate for their new puppy. Although this is advisable, a new pet might at first be apprehensive about ... Views: 1160
Lifts and Dinghy Davits - Easy Up or Down
While enjoying a rather generous sundowner in the early evening and watching the setting sun, hoping to see the green flash, one notices a sailing yacht motoring slowly into the anchorage and find a satisfactory spot to drop anchor for the night. ... Views: 1849
Harnesses and Tethers Safety Study
The revised version of The Sailing Foundation Harness and Tether Study conducted in 1998 with major funding provided by a non profit organization, the Bonnell Foundation, was released for the World Wide Web on October 6th, 1999.
It was the Sailing ... Views: 987
My Ideal Yacht Harness And Tether – Giving You Confidence Out On Deck
Since you are placing your total trust in these safety products, they had better be the best. When the boat is pounding through large waves and the resulting green water sweeping the decks is doing its utmost to drag you ... Views: 1367
Sailing Foundation
The Safety at Sea committee of the Sailing Foundation in Seattle, Washington decided in 1998 to conduct an objective study into the common safety of harnesses and tethers used in sailing.
The dynamic test results were the most dramatic because 8 percent of the 21 harnesses ... Views: 876