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anchoring with lines ashore

How to anchor with lines ashore

When spending a night at the anchor, you have different possibilities to anchor your boat. One of them is to take one or more lines ashore. This is not my favourite technique because I prefer anchoring with my boat

medical emergencies at sea

MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AT SEA. SIX PRACTICAL CASES

As many of you have unfortunately experienced, the boat is an inexhaustible source of minor and major incidents which are not comparable with any other “category” of situations. Different types of possible negative events are indeed concentrated

man overboard tips

ACCIDENTS AT SEA: CAPTAIN OVERBOARD!

Many years ago, a sailing instructor told me: ” During any navigation, throw a life preserver in the water and shout: MAN OVERBOARD! Don’t care about the manoeuvre and see what happens…Then, imagine you’re in that

Onboard medical emergencies

MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AT SEA

There are subjects that people prefer not to mention aboard. That’s generally typical of guests who, for example, seem to be a little surprised when safety equipment is shown to them during the cruise. ” Why

man overboard precautions

MAN OVERBOARD: PREVENTION MEASURES

We’ve already written some articles about man overboard rescue operations and procedures. In a case, we’ve even experimented with Matteo Miceli what he considers to be the best rescue method while sailing. Today, what we

Suzuki Marine Mako 58 classic propellers

SUZUKI TUTORIAL: THE CHOICE OF PROPELLER

We met Marco Massola, Suzuki Marine Italia Technical Staff Coordinator, at Nauticstore in Gianola, Italy. Among the subjects we dealt with and which we’re developing in the next few weeks, we talked about an essential component

collisions at sea

PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA

Collision at sea is, in many cases, a very serious and, unfortunately, rather common accident which often results in fatalities. According to the statistics from the Italian Department of Transport included in a 2013 report,

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