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