Sailing manual
Safety at Sea
Organise learning about equipment, documents, communications and preparation.
Start learningSafety at sea requires contextual knowledge and clear responsibilities. We begin by organising subjects: personal and collective equipment, product identification, documentation and communication vocabulary. The aim is recognising what to learn before looking for procedures. Fire, flooding, man overboard, first aid and emergency calling require specific content and qualified review; the contents do not imply those lessons already exist. An owner history is not a certificate either. This manual keeps these distinctions visible as the library grows.
A map of subjects to understand what to learn, without turning a list into certification.
Make, model, version and document help distinguish similar-looking equipment.
Personal safety equipment
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Lifejackets, harnesses and lifelines
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Collective safety equipment
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Liferafts, lifebuoys and recovery equipment
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Fire prevention
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Flooding and damage control
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Man overboard
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First aid aboard
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Three different fields help you read radiocommunication documentation.
VHF and radiocommunication procedures
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MAYDAY, PAN PAN and SECURITÉ
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GMDSS and related equipment
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EPIRB, PLB and AIS MOB
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Navigation in adverse conditions
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Abandoning ship
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Emergency preparation and management
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The skipper’s responsibilities
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Good safety practices
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