Angisina Safety Briefing:
Sailing is a safe sport. Angisina is a very safe boat. This briefing is part of the commitment to running a safe and happy program.
Life Jacket
Tether
First Aid Kit
MOB – if someone else goes in:
MOB – if you are the victim - We WILL come back for you!
MOB—QuickStop Method
Liferaft - Last resort. Angisina is our best chance.
Mast Down - Let it go. It’ll do more harm than good.
Fire
Water coming in
Flares – used to attract attention
Equipment plan
Sailing is a safe sport. Angisina is a very safe boat. This briefing is part of the commitment to running a safe and happy program.
Life Jacket
- Required for start/finish and at night. But suggested all the time
- Should include a whistle to attract attention.
- Should include light. Boat has some. Make sure yours works.
Tether
- Required to be used at night, or as directed.
- Ensure you know where yours is.
- Clip onto: jack lines, shrouds, or hard points.
First Aid Kit
- Located in marked cabinet in head. Consider using the “Owie” kit for minor issues.
MOB – if someone else goes in:
- First person: yells “man overboard”. Spotter thereafter.
- Press MOB button on VHF radio at the Nav Station
- Deploy throwable floatation to mark the water
- Deploy MOM unit, Lifesling, and throwline, when alongside. All on stern rail.
- Continue to sail through the QuickStop method shown below.
- Spinnaker up? Pole forward to stay, gather the foot, drop the sail, as boat turns up to head back to the MOB.
- Do not jump into water to assist rescue, unless instructed to so do.
MOB – if you are the victim - We WILL come back for you!
- Inflate life jacket. Turn on light. Use whistle to attract attention
- Conserve energy—avoid panic, thrashing, or swimming toward floatation.
- Conserve body heat—fetal/crouching position. Keep boots on.
- Huddle together if more than one. Easier to see. Preserves body heat
- Look for the throwable floatation devices the boat will deploy
MOB—QuickStop Method
- Shout "man overboard" Designate spotter
- Deploy immediate flotation. MOM8, Lifesling etc
- Bring boat head-to-wind and beyond
- Allow headsail to back and further slow the boat.
- Keep turning with headsail backed until wind is abaft the beam.
- Beam-to-broad reach course for 2x lengths then go to nearly dead downwind.
- Drop headsail. Keep mainsail centered. The jib sheets are not slacked, to keep them inside the lifelines.
- Hold the downward course until victim is abaft the beam.
- Gybe.
- Approach the victim on a course of approximately 45-60 degrees off the wind.
- Establish contact with the victim with heaving line or other device.
- Effect recovery over the windward side.
Liferaft - Last resort. Angisina is our best chance.
- Never step DOWN; only step UP.
- Grab yellow ditch bag + air horn + SOLAS flare canister
- Tie off securely to a cleat or stanchion base
- Deploy into water - Pull painter line to inflate
- Step up into it or use painter to pull yourself towards raft
- Cut painter line when all aboard
Mast Down - Let it go. It’ll do more harm than good.
- Check for crew injuries
- Check for hull punctures – spreader tips etc.
- Remove rig – remove cotter pins and clevis pins at shroud base to release shrouds. Cut remaining lines with available tools.
- Tools – hacksaw, hammer, drift, and bolt cutters behind port berth
Fire
- Crew on deck. Prepare to abandon – but DO NOT deploy liferafts
- Fire extinguisher under navigation station and in head
- Remember PASS
- PULL – pull the pin
- AIM – aim at the base of the fire
- SQUEEZE – squeeze the trigger
- SWEEP – sweep from side to side at the base of the fire
Water coming in
- Find the source – don’t start bailing
- Through hull fittings – wood plug in plastic bag nearby
- Punctured hull – stuff hole with something
- Buckets for bailing, behind cushions in aft berths.
- Monitor bilge pump pick-ups and assure no blockage.
Flares – used to attract attention
- Yellow canister behind port settee bunk
- Only use when chance of being seen
- Stand downwind
- Hold well away from face
- Strike cap or pull firing line as appropriate
Equipment plan
- Show location of all safety related equipment.
- Posted on bulkhead across from Navigation Station.
- Posted on bulkhead head.
- Posted on placard in Navigation Station.
- Please invest a few moments to study it.
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