When a problem happens, it’s too late to do a safety check. Check these items on a regular basis to stay safe on your boat.
Emergency Gear
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
All the gear we really, truly, seriously hope we wasted money buying. But should we ever need it, we want it to work perfectly!
🎧Get Her Seaworthy!
A description of what projects needed to be done before we could head off – and why those were critical
Choosing Your Emergency Contact
What to know in choosing your emergency contact for your EPIRB, float plan and medical emergency, including what information to give each one.
🎧Can You Buy Safety?
Every potential blue water voyager, every sailor who wants to go beyond the sight of land is faced with the need to evaluate which, use it only in emergency, gear they should carry.
Emergency Toilet: The Wag Bag
The toilet is clogged or the boat needs a pumpout . . . but you need to go. What do you do?
Staying in Touch
There just aren’t cell towers out on the water — or in many great cruising anchorages. So how do we stay connected with family and friends?
Necessary Dinghy Safety Gear
A list of 17 important pieces of dinghy safety gear to always have with you. Learn why you need each one of these aboard.
Cruising Boat Safety Gear: Water Intrusion
Four items to stop water intrusions from a broken thru-hull or hole in the hull that every boater should carry in case of an emergency.
What’s in a Ditch Bag — and How to Build the Right One
Here’s what’s in our ditch bag — and the thinking behind every choice.
Getting a New PFD
Good PFDs (personal floatation devices) and tethers are expensive high tech gear. How to choose and set up a new PFD.