News Archive

Product of the Week: Hand-held laser flare, prize-winning Odeo By Sail-World Cruising, , 1:59 PM Wed 30 May 2012
Seawork International, commercial marine and workboat event now in its 15th year in Southampton, UK, annually attracts over 450 exhibitors and 7200 visitors from all over the world. This years Seawork International 'Spirit of Innovation' Award was won by our product of the week, Index Marine's Odeo Flare. ...[more]

Product of the Week: Hand-held laser flare, prize-winning Odeo By Sail-World Cruising, 10:42 AM Tue 29 May 2012
Seawork International, commercial marine and workboat event now in its 15th year in Southampton, UK, annually attracts over 450 exhibitors and 7200 visitors from all over the world. This years Seawork International 'Spirit of Innovation' Award was won by our product of the week, Index Marine's Odeo Flare. ...[more]

Every life jacket rescue a cause for hope By US Coast Guard/Sail-World Cruising, , 12:05 PM Mon 28 May 2012
Is the safety campaign on life jackets working? One will only know when enough time has passed and the statistics show the results, but every rescue where the sailors were wearing life jackets is cause for hope. This week the US Coast Guard rescued two in Lake Ontario from a sinking boat - and as both were wearing life jackets there were no casualties. ...[more]

US Sailing preliminary report on fatal yacht incident By Sail-World Cruising, 6:40 AM Sun 27 May 2012
The ocean, the world of the cruising sailor, has been often called 'the last freedom'. But this freedom brings the responsibility of good seamanship, so anything that enhances safety is like gold. We look at the results below of the US Sailing review of the tragic sea incident which took the lives of five sailors. The report highlights the necessity for keeping a safe distance off a lee shore. ...[more]

North American Safe Boating Week - on again this week By Sail-World Cruising, , 7:44 AM Sun 20 May 2012
North American Safe Boating Week, running every year since 1958 and including both the USA and Canada, is being held again this coming week. ...[more]

Dinghy danger: Crewman dies, no life jacket By Sail-World Cruising round-up, 7:31 AM Sat 12 May 2012
The crew of the 47ft Musketeer of Stutton had enjoyed an evening ashore and began the normal dinghy tender shuttle back to the boat. It was just before midnight, the seas were rough and the winds were high, but it was a normal transfer. When the dinghy didn't arrive, crew on the beach thought that the outboard engine may have failed. They couldn't have guessed that their crew mate had drowned. ...[more]

18 May: Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day By Sail-World Cruising/MCA, , 9:47 AM Wed 9 May 2012
The message does not seem to be getting through, so a multinational effort is on to make boaters wear life jackets AND YOU CAN HELP. It's the 'Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day'. ...[more]

Two fatal yachting incidents - what are the lessons? By Nancy Knudsen, 10:06 AM Mon 30 Apr 2012
One of the safer things about racing as opposed to cruising is the overarching care of race organisers, who plot routes and decide to call off a race if the weather dictates. But with two tragically fatal racing incidents off the coast of California in the past few weeks, is there anything that the cruising sailors can learn from these? ...[more]

US Coast Guard gets vocal on boating safety By US Coast Guard/Sail-World Cruising, , 9:55 AM Fri 13 Apr 2012
The US Coast Guard wants boaters to return home safely and is getting vocal about it. Following a day in which Coast Guard boarding officers issued many notices of violations to boaters and sent them back to the dock for lacking required safety equipment, the Coast Guard is urging mariners everywhere to take advantage of free vessel safety checks and boating education courses. ...[more]

USA's 'Rescue 21' almost rolled out By Sail-World Cruising, 6:18 AM Wed 4 Apr 2012
This week the US Coast Guard is to celebrate the acceptance of the new Rescue 21 Communications System at Sector Northern New England in South Portland, Maine. With 40,625 miles of USA coastline now covered by Rescue 21, only a few outposts like Alaska, Hawaii and some inland areas are still waiting. So what is Rescue 21, how does it operate and why is it better? ...[more]

Volunteer sailors winched down to rescue sailing boat By Sail-World Cruising round-up, , 7:04 AM Sun 1 Apr 2012
Usually Sail-World Cruising's rescue stories involve cruising sailors being lifted off boats and flown to shore and safety. But this week some volunteer sailors were flown to a sailing boat to replace the injured skipper and his non-sailing wife and sail the yacht back to harbour. ...[more]

Anatomy of a rescue - from the Ship Captain By Tony Munoz/Sail-World Cruising, , 2:38 PM Mon 26 Mar 2012
Last week on Sail-World we published the story entitled 'Anatomy of a Rescue - from the helicopter' (see story). This week we present another rescue anatomy article, this time from the perspective of the Ship's Captain. Tony Munoz of Maritime Executive spoke with Captain James Kelleher, responsible for saving the lives of three cruising sailors. ...[more]

Five Inflatable-Life-Jacket myths dispelled By BoatUS Foundation, 8:51 AM Wed 21 Mar 2012
Inflatable Life Jackets - which automatically or manually inflate with the tug of a pull cord - have been around over 25 years, but there are still quite a few misperceptions about these life saving devices and how they work. The BoatUS Foundation set out to debunk some of the myths: ...[more]

Anatomy of a rescue - from the helicopter By Mark Cannell, Stuff.co.nz/Sail-World, 3:40 PM Tue 20 Mar 2012
New Zealand helicopter crewman Mark Cannell has put fingers to keyboard to tell the story, from the helicopter crews' viewpoint, of a rescue on 3rd March. He wrote it to raise money for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter service, and it provides a graphic insight into the lives of those that cruising sailors depend on in the hopefully unlikely event of needing to be rescued: ...[more]

Solo cruising sailor missing in drug waters of Mexico By Lee Mylchreest, 7:09 AM Mon 12 Mar 2012
In mid-January a young house-builder and sailor, Donn Pinkney set off for an adventure sailing trip south from Dana Point in California with a friend on his 27ft Catalina sailing boat Finesse. By 20th February they had reached Manzanillo in Mexico, but his friend couldn't go any further. He set out alone anyway and hasn't been seen since. ...[more]

MAIB report raises safety issues after MOB fatal incident By Des Ryan, 2:22 AM Fri 9 Mar 2012
It happened during a race but the ramifications for cruising sailors - indeed all sailors - are vital. The UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published a report (8th March) into the death of a skipper who fell overboard during a race across the English Channel and lost his life as a result, even though he was tethered to the yacht. ...[more]

Sea anchor - do you know how to use yours to save your life? By Sail-World Cruising, 8:13 AM Tue 14 Feb 2012
A sea anchor, like an EPIRB, is something one hopes never to have to use. However, it can save your life, so it's not much use having it take up valuable stowage space unless you know how to use it. Zack Smith is one of the world's foremost experts in sea anchors and heads para-anchor manufacturer Fiorentino's Research and Development Team. He here espouses his 'constant rode tension' theory. ...[more]

Another dinghy death as sailor tries to save his dragging yacht By Times Colonist/Sail-World Cruising, , 10:19 AM Tue 24 Jan 2012
It started as a mystery and ended with an all-too-familiar explanation. The long-time sailor had rowed his dinghy to his yacht in high winds and without a life jacket, probably because the anchor was dragging, then lost his footing and was drowned in the turbulent seas, his dinghy tied to the yacht but found upside down. ...[more]

Can you pass the ICE test? Advice for cold weather sailors By US Coast Guard/Sail-World Cruising, , 9:41 AM Mon 19 Dec 2011
With colder weather forthcoming, and the accompanying formation of ice in the more northerly regions of our top hemisphere, the Coast Guard reminds people to use extra precautions when planning recreational activities on cold water and frozen ponds, streams, rivers and lakes, and to make a serious investment and commitment to ice safety, since varying levels of ice thickness can catch the unwary. ...[more]

SOS two-way communication now on Iridium Extreme satphones By Nancy Knudsen, , 3:41 PM Wed 7 Dec 2011
Another level of safety has been added for leisure sailors who have an Iridium Extreme phone. It is a free GEOS emergency response service, meaning that, once you touch the SOS button on your phone, you have two waycommunication with the International Emergency Response Coordination Center all the time the emergency lasts. ...[more]

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