A survey..........

When was the last time you took a first aid/cpr/AED/cold water
survival/fire/abandonship/damage contol training?

http://www.amsea.org/training/msit.html

Conducting your own drills is requried for a profiecient mariner. but
when was the last time you attened a course designed for real sailor
and not some POS thing put on by west marine by an equipment rep with
the primary intention of selling gear?

HOw many of you have a Fire Blanket in your galley along with an
extinguisher apropreatly sized plus TWO backup? Yo do realsize the
USCG safey equipment requirments are woofully lacking.

Bog


Bobb

"Bob" wrote in message
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HOw many of you have a Fire Blanket in your galley along with an
extinguisher apropreatly sized plus TWO backup? Yo do realsize the
USCG safey equipment requirments are woofully lacking.

Bog


Bobb


We do...

One FE mounted at arm's reach in the galley, a huge one a few steps away,
and another smaller one about 5 steps away, all ABYC (or whatever that boat
rating is, not sure of the acronym) and ABC rated. Fire blanket is hung on
sink door, immediately to hand.

Along with all those other inappropriate enhancements to safety, comfort,
and pleasure.

Pretty funny, in the alternator thread, about all the **** you have in a
2600sf house, considering your comments on OUR home :{))

L8R

Skip, about to go watch the huge swells and wind-on-top crash onto the beach
in Spanish Wells

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"Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely nothing-half so
much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing about in
boats-or *with* boats.

In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's
the charm of it.

Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get
anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in
particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and
you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."

But who here takes training courses to stay current or refresh stale
skills?
There are hug amounts of vessel safety training but who here uses it?

Or is everyone more concerned about navigation and how to fix broken
systems?
Personnaly I see a huge lack of recreational yacht safety training.

Bob

"Bob" wrote in message
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Personnaly I see a huge lack of recreational yacht safety training.

Bob

Good point. Maybe a business opportunity for you. Hold classes like all
those folks who give out captain's licenses...

L8R

Skip

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"Believe me, my young friend, there is *nothing*-absolutely nothing-half so
much worth doing as simply messing, messing-about-in-boats; messing about in
boats-or *with* boats.

In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's
the charm of it.

Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your
destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get
anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in
particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and
you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not."