Whether you are leaving for a few days’ cruising with friends, or for 5 or 10 years around the world as a family, you will have to manage your boat and your crew so as to avoid any incidents which, at sea, can quickly degenerate. An overview of good practice in terms of safety when cruising.
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Publié le
16/12/2016
Par
Mark Bernie
Numéro :
149
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2016
Before taking the decision to leave, and sometimes even during their voyage, most skippers taking their family to the other side of the world ask themselves if they have the abilities, and if they are not taking foolhardy risks for their loved ones. And let’s be clear about this, those people who don’t ask themselves questions about safety when ocean cruising shouldn’t really be afloat... Risk is inherent in a voyage. It’s a fact. But experience shows that dramatic accidents are extremely rare and almost always the result of a succession of unforeseeable events, and poor reactions by the crew.…
