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LATEST SAFETY NEWS
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Switlik Product
Recall If you are the owner of a marine
life raft manufactured by Switlik Parachute Co., it may have a
potential problem with the inflation system. SWITLIK has
had reports recently of SWITLIK life raft S-2630 inflation
valves failing to operate properly.
Click here for more
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Senior First Aid Certificate
New for the 2008-2009 ISAF Special Regulations is section 4.08.4
that requires one or two crew members (cat 2 and cat 1 races
respectively) to hold a “Senior First Aid Certificate”. In the
USA, these courses meet that definition. American Heart Association:
Heartsaver FACTS – includes Heartsaver first aid course and
AED (Automated External Defibrillator ) training. Certification
for 2 years.
www.americanheart.org
American
Red Cross: First Aid, Standard First Aid (taught
with Adult CPR at a workplace), and First Aid Basics (when
taught alone as a community course). Certification for 3 years.
www.redcross.org American Safety and Health Institute:
Basic First Aid. Certification for “up to” 3 years. www.ashinstitute.org
National Safety Council: First Aid
or Standard First Aid (when taught with CPR). Certification
for 3 years.
www.nsc.org
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ATTENTION AIR TRAVELERS
Regulation on Lithium
Batteries in Baggage
Effective
January 1, 2008,
travelers may no longer pack spare lithium batteries of any
kind in checked baggage.
Passengers
wishing to carry spare lithium batteries for devices such as
laptops, cell phone and cameras are now required to pack
them in their carry-on baggage with the
terminals covered/insulated or stored in plastic bags.
Travelers may check bags that contain batteries, as long as
they are installed in electronic devices. Lithium batteries
found during the screening process may be removed by the TSA.
Confiscated batteries should be treated as UDG/undeclared
dangerous goods and properly reported and logged for the
FAA. This rule is enforced by the DOT as a
hazardous materials regulation and is not a TSA rule.
Posted Feb. 2008.
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New 28 January 2008 ~ Summary of the Changes to the
2008-2009 ISAF Special Regulations |
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ISAF Special Regulations - The Special Regulation changes
under consideration for the ISAF Annual Conference November
1-11 2007 are posted here. |
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Programming Marine Radio and AIS
Equipment. October 2007
September 2007. |
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TSA
Permits CO2 Cylinders with a Inflatable PFD at Security
Checkpoints Once Again.
August 2007. |
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Two Changes
in the 2006-2007 ISAF Special Regulations Governing Offshore
and Oceanic Equipment and Preparation including US SAILING
Prescriptions.
February 2007 |
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Life Raft Recall:
Viking
Life Saving Equipment VIKING RescYou™ (UKL) and RescYou™
Pro (UKSL), sizes 4, 6 and 8 persons in either container
or valise.
February 2007 |
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121.5
Mhz & 243 Mhz EPIRBS are now illegal to use, remove
the batteries. Then replace with a 406 Mhz EPIRB.
January
2007 |
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2005
Crew Overboard Rescue Symposium November
2006 Forty items of
safety gear and many maneuvers were tested in conditions
ranging from 36 knots and a three-foot choppy sea, down to a
moderate wind and smooth water. Almost 200 hours of
trials were held on a wide range of 15 boats ranging from 21
to 53 feet in length - seven keel cruisers, a keel racer, a
catamaran, three trimarans, and three powerboats. This
was the first crew overboard rescue trial involving a fleet so
big and so representative of American cruising boats.
Some of the tests attempted to recover an unconscious victim.
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Discontinuation
of Cell Phone *CG
September 2006 |
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Notice:
Safety
Recall - Pains Wessex White Collision Warning MK7 Hand Flare.
(Modified) May 2006 |
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Now available:
International
Sailing Federation Special Regulations Governing Offshore and
Oceanic Equipment and Preparation for 2006-2007 including US
SAILING Prescriptions.
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Competitors,
Race Organizers, Liferaft Retailers and Liferaft Repackers
have all requested a clarification of the ISAF Special
Regulations with US SAILING Prescriptions with regards to
Liferafts
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The U.S. Marine Safety Association maintains a list of life raft manufacturer approved service stations.
(Links to Old News)
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~
Call
for Nominees for Rod Stephens Trophy
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The Cruising Club of America
is
eager to hear about acts of superb seamanship and dedicated lifesaving that
may
qualify for one of the club's newest, most important awards.
Since 2000 the CCA has presented its Rod Stephens Trophy to an
individual who has
brought about an act of seamanship that
significantly contributes to the safety of a yacht
or of one or more
individuals at sea. Honoring the memory of an exemplar and
teacher
of the best seamanship, the Stephens award is open to all --
crews and skippers,
women and men, CCA members and non-members, and
citizens of all countries
Nominations or requests for information should go to:
E. Newbold
Smith, 871 Lesley Rd., Villanova, PA 19085.
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HELICOPTER
RESCUE PREPARATION GUIDE VIDEO |
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The
Bonnell Cove Foundation, a non-profit organization which funds
Safety at Sea and Environment projects, recently enabled a
group of committed volunteers to film and produce a 16 minute
video that describes how to prepare a small boat for a
helicopter transfer of personnel or emergency equipment.
The purpose of the Helicopter Rescue Preparation Guide
video is to increase boat crew awareness of the hazards and
difficulties associated with working in close proximity to
helicopters. The video describes USCG helicopter
rescue equipment, the different types of hoists, boat &
crew preparation, the do's and don'ts of safety and rescuing
the rescuers, in the event of a helicopter crash. We
hope you never have to use the information but, if you do,
knowing the right way makes everyone safer.
Copies
of the video plus an informative USCG pamphlet, Guide
to Helicopter Assistance and Evacuation at Sea, have
been distributed to all the Moderators of US SAILING Safety
at Sea Seminars for use when a USCG unit cannot make a
presentation. Additionally, all yachts that raced in
the 2004 Newport Bermuda Race received a copy of the USCG
pamphlet. In a perfect world, all vessels that venture
off shore and along the coast should have a copy of the
pamphlet aboard and have their crews see this video, if they
are unable to witness an actual helicopter rescue
demonstration.
The
Foundation has several loaner copies of the video for use in
organized club training sessions.
For
more information, including copies of the USCG pamphlet,
send an E-mail to
rontrossbach@msn.com.
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The
US SAILING Safety-At-Sea Committee
conducts
research and publishes reports in areas relevant to safety in offshore sailing, and keeps
records of accidents in offshore races. The committee proposes amendments to the
International Sailing Federation Special Regulations
Committee.
US SAILING has a continuing
commitment to safety programs. The Safety-at-Sea Committee,
operating under the aegis of the Offshore Committee, has been a central
element in the pursuit of basic research, development into specific
guidance for construction of yachts, and derivation of improved techniques
for safety.
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Here at the
US SAILING
Safety-At-Sea Site, You Can Learn About:
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Ron Trossbach, explaining that for lifting overboard
victims, you can buy a 70 foot throw rope and to tie a double
bowline at the end in the last few feet of line that comes out of
the bag. This line can be tied to a halyard for
lifting. This gives the victim a ready made loop to put
around his/her body so he/she doesn't have to hold the throw rope
or 'wrap it around his hand....". This is a fairly
inexpensive lifting system. Photo by Kathy Trossbach
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Safety at Sea Committee Terms of Reference
The Safety-at-Sea Committee Chair is: Alan
McMillan.
Safety-at-Sea
Committee Members
Safety-at-Sea Advisors
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