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Maritime Regulations and Safety Equipment
By Skipper J of Your Face Productions LLC
Because we will be sailing in international waters we will be in compliance at all times with the applicable regulations as deliniated in COLREGS, international maritime regulations.
We will carry life preservers in compliance with US Coastguard regulations. Our running and anchor lights, distress signals, flares, etc. will be per regulations for both boats. Before sailing we will request an inspection by the USCG and make sure we are in full compliance.
In addition we will be doing something that is very important to anyone contemplating sailing on open water. We will file a very complete float plan with crew lists, safety gear, pictures of us and our boats, and expected route, and destination. And last but not least, we will close out the float plan every time by letting all authorities, and our families know that we arrived safely. We do not under any circumstances want to be reported late or missing and cause the USCG and families any unnecessary stress and work. They are busy enough without us complicating their lives.
I cannot help but think of the man who set sail for Catalina, contemplating a peaceful, uneventful, and short passage from Los Angeles. He did not file a float plan, had almost no stores or equipment on board, no radio and no EPIRB (emergency position indicating radio beacon). He was dismasted as a result of a rigging failure and ended up in South America months later, alive but very stressed out and a lot wiser.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Most emergencies are the result of a whole chain of failures and neglect of good safety procedures. Usually the failure of one item is backed up by redundancy, safety equipment, and well thought out procedures. We sail for pleasure and so do not want to cause the people who sail for a livelihood any unnecessary worry.
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