safety

A seasoned captain warns of the dangers of cold weather sailing and offers smart tips to make sure you're safe and prepared.

Sailing safety expert John Rousmaniere shares his thoughts on a pre-castoff crew meeting, boat preparation, and preparing for emergencies

Safety Series 2020 Part II: Crew Training

To read a sailing incident report is gut-wrenching: the unexpected events, the small issues that combine to create larger problems, the split-second decisions forced upon skipper and crew. You put yourself in that situation, or you recall your own past brushes with danger, and you realize, no matter how much safety gear you have aboard a boat, if it’s not in proper operating order and the crew doesn’t know where to find it and how to use it, things can go quickly from bad to worse.

Your crew needs to know what to do if there is an emergency aboard.

While sailing with infants and/or toddlers, these seven helpful tips may come in handy while underway on a cruising boat.

Ever dream of traveling offshore? Most skippers needing crew for an offshore ocean passage may wonder what the most important criterion they are looking for when selecting crew. Consider crew that can deliver the following.

Let Boating Safety Be Your Number One Priority. We can never have enough refreshers on water safety, and with boating-related deaths this year already up from last year and the year before, we wanted to share a few simple things we can all do to make our time on the water safer.

Mark Wheeler went overboard in pitch darkness and a 40-knot squall. This is the remarkable story of how his friends got him back.

Safety Series part 2: Twelve expert tips for a crew safety briefing before you leave the dock.

Is your inflatable PFD ready for the fall season? Here's a 4-step prep to inspect and prep your lifejacket for fall.