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Formerly Infinity B Caribbean Sailing Adventures

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Safety at Sea

09 June 2014 | Office
Frank
We are all very saddened by the loss of the four Guys on Cheeki Rafiki.
It is my job with Steve's help to ensure we are all safe at sea.
We have worked hard to ensure that Infinity B is a safe and as well prepared as possible.

Here is a list of our safety kit:

1. Rescue Equipment

DanBuoy Stb Aft Guard Rail
Throwing Lines Stb Binnacle & Port Aft Deck
Rescue Sling Std Aft Guard Rail
Horseshoe Stb Aft Guard Rail

Rope Ladder Cockpit Locker
Lifting Block & Tackle Cockpit Locker
RORC Flare Pack Fore End of Cockpit Locker
White Collision Flares Stb Steering Binnacle

Life Raft Port Aft Deck - Keys in Chart Table
Warps & Long Lines Port Aft Deck Locker
Life Jackets Bunk Room Hanging Locker
Lifelines Cockpit Stb & Bunk Room Hanging Locker

Rescue Knives Steering Binnacle and Vang
Torches Each Bunk, Chart Table, Stb Saloon Aft Cupboard, Windscreen
Search Light Blue Search light Stb Saloon Aft Cupboard plugs in by windscreen
Emergency Tiller Forepeak Port Aft Handing Locker by Door


2. Fire Fighting Equipment

Fire Extinguishers Cockpit Locker, Under Chart Table,
Aft Cabin Port Cupboard,
Bunk Room by Heads Door
Smoke Alarms Passage & Forepeak
Carbon Monoxide Alarm Galley
Fire Blanket Companion Way Steps Stb
Gas Cut Off Switch Port of Galley Sink
Backup Lighting LEDs by Switches, Torches by Bunks
& Cockpit Instruments
Engine Room Spy Hole By Engine Room Door


3. Communications

Icom DSC VHF Radio Handsets on Binnacle Cockpit & Chart Table
Icom SSB Chart Table
Simrad DSC Portable VHF Left of Instrument Panel
2 x Icom Portable VHF Radios Chart Table Right
Motorola Satellite Phone Rear Cabin Cupboard under TV in Orange Bag
MayDay Reminder Sheet Chart Table
Mast Head Horn Button Top Left Binnacle also
Hailer & Fog via VHF
Air Horns Gas Horn Stb Fwd Saloon Cupboard,
Manual by Chart Plotter

4. Electronics

EPIRB Port Companion Way Steps Chart Table
PLB In Small Yellow Pouch Stb
Fwd Saloon Cupboard
MOB AIS SART Orange Unit in Stb Fwd Saloon Cupboard
MOB Radio Tags On top of cupboard by VHF & SSB by
Chart Table
AIS Switch on Behind Instrument Panel
at Nav Station
EchoMax Radar Enhancer Left of Instrument Panel by Chart table
Panic Button / Intruder Siren Lower Right below of Instrument Panel

5. Electrics

Breakers Smoked Glass Door Chart Table Seat
In Windlass cupboard in Forepeak
Jump Leads Under Chart Table Seat
Spare Nav Lights Rear Cabin Cupboard under TV

6. Pumps & Seacocks

Manual Bilge Pump Handle in Cockpit Locker -
Note: Lift Cockpit Slats for Pump
Electric Bilge Pumps Switches on Control Panel
Portable Bilge Pump Cockpit Locker
Sea Cocks Floor by Chart Table, Floor by Galley Sink
Engine Room, Heads Wet Locker,
Rear Cabin, Bunk Room
Wooden Bungs By Each Seacock,
Spares Bunk Room Hanging Locker

7. Heavy Weather Equipment

Drogue & Bridle Port Aft Deck Locker
Trysail Under forepeak or stowed on deck
Storm Jib Under forepeak or stowed on deck
Yankee / Cutter Jib Under forepeak or stowed on deck
Jackstays Port & Stb Deck, Port & Stb Coach Roof
Transverse Rear Deck, Red Line Round Mast

8. Miscellaneous

Grab Bag Bunk Room Top Bunk
Binoculars Stb Fwd Saloon Cupboard
Rigging Cutters/Bolt Croppers Under Saloon Fwd Stb Bunk
First Aid Kits Fwd Heads Upper Cupboard,
Meds in Aft Heads
Extensive Tool Kit & Spares Forepeak cupboard under windlass
Small Tool Kit Bunk Room Hanging Locker
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Vessel Name: Formerly Infinity B - GBR 583R
Vessel Make/Model: Najad 460 /22 - Call Sign 2FWJ4 - Sail No GBR583R - UK No 918877
Hailing Port: Harwich U.K.
Crew: Frank Hatfull and Amanda Lerse
About:
We are now both Semi-Retired and this is our third season in The Caribbean. We previously owned Najad 380 – Tantrum of Abersoch covered about 10,000 nm in her We bought Infinity B in Sweden in 2012 so we could go Blue Water Cruising in her. [...]
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Who: Frank Hatfull and Amanda Lerse
Port: Harwich U.K.

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