Emergency Safety

Nobody ever wants to think about abandoning their ship in the middle of the ocean but what if something catastrophic happened and you had no choice? We spent an afternoon visiting Marine Safety Services in Seattle, WA. They explained everything we needed to be safe. We purchased a 6-person life raft stocked with important essentials. We are supplementing it with a ditch bag containing dehydrated food, foil-packed water, tools, emergency beacons, etc. We also needed a well-equipped first-aid kit. Our primary care physician went over our list and provided us with a few more prescription meds in the event we pick up travelers flu or skin infections along and most importantly anti-nausea meds and scopolamine patches which will be helpful in rough seas.

Jack-Lines – long lines made of high-strength, low-stretch webbing-that run along the deck, providing a way for sailors to clip in with their safety tethers and still move about.

Ditch Kit (abandon ship bag – contains food, water, flares, emergency beacons, tools, rope, solar blankets, first-aid supplies and important documents)

First-Aid Kit (offshore) This kit is complete with zip surgical skin closures and a skin stapler for large cuts requiring stitches.