Tag: safety
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How I Learned the Hard Way to Keep My Phone – and Other Gear – Tied to Me When Boating
It was only a few weeks after I first moved onto my boat in 2017 that I learned this valuable lesson. I had stepped off the boat onto the dock and saw that the dock line could use some adjusting. So I leaned over …. and heard that fateful sound: “Plop.” I looked toward the… Read more
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Don’t Drop Your Gear Overboard! Essential Accessories
Frogs Tung Retractable Safety Tether 3.5120 Ratings Buy On ELV Heavy Duty Retractable Keychain 4.6883 Ratings Buy On Paracord Keychain 4.01 Ratings Buy On Andobil Magnetic Phone Grip 4.3996 Ratings Buy On Magnetic Phone Grip 4.259 Ratings Buy On In a world where protecting your devices and essentials is paramount, having reliable accessories is key.… Read more
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Pretty essential:short handed mainsail reefing
Good article from yachting World about briefing the main sail with only two people. The most important advice in here in my opinion is to practice and know exactly what each person is going to do before you start doing it. But I think there are two things left out of this article that are… Read more
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Yikes: Man dies, another in hospital after a close encounter with a whale off Sydney coast
This article calls this very uncommon event. But it seems like I read an awful lot of these stories. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-30/nsw-person-dies-after-boat-hits-whale-in-la-perouse/102920208?utm_medium=social&utm_content=sf269344064&utm_campaign=tw_abc_news&utm_source=t.co&sf269344064=1 Read more