When and How to Abandon Ship – Save a Life! Maybe your own…
When disaster strikes onboard an assessment must be made whether to abandon the vessel. Save a life and review the Tips on WHEN and HOW to Abandon Ship.
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“Call My Insurance Agent, Then Abandon Ship!”
Within the last year, two nearly identical “multihull SAR incidents” have taken place in the Atlantic Ocean off the eastern seaboard of the United States: two brand-new, fully insured, professionally-skippered luxury catamarans were abandoned offshore with dry bilges during winter gales. (One dismasted, the other had damaged rudders.) Why? The first thing to note is…
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What’s in Your Grab Bag?
The idea of abandoning ship at sea is not an appealing one. But if the unthinkable happens then it pays to have a well thought-out grab bag. As the name suggests, a grab bag is a selection of crucial items readily assembled that you can grab quickly should you have to abandon ship. Your grab bag…
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What to do when you are taking on Water?
When vessels have run aground or taking on water at a rate beyond what bilge pumps… What to do when you are taking on water
