Any Safety Equipment experts here?

gandy

gandy

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Hi,

A colleague has been invited on a sea angling trip next weekend, in an uncomfortable but doubtless seaworthy boat. Dory type hull, with cuddy and damn great outboard.

I'd like to put togther some safety gear for him to take with him. Partly in fun, he likes the idea of turning up as if he expects the worst. Of course I don't want to lend him anything actually unsafe. I'm also limited by what I have available here, not aboard the boat.

So far, I have planned ..
Lifejacket (plus rearm kit if it's not on the boat)
Charts
RNLI Safety booklets
Hand foghorn if I can find it
Mayday crib sheet
Table of "life saving signals"

Any other suggestions?
 
Here's a starter :-

Coastal Flare Pack
Life Jacket Auto Gas WITH crutch strap and D ring for chopper rescue
Life Jacket light
Ropes, selection
Chart Plotter
Electronic charts
Mirror to signal for help, small not large wall type!
Silva Alba Windwatch
WD 40
Boat hook
First Aid Kit
Isolaide resuscitation device
EPIRB
Compass
Rescue flotation throw line
Tow rope
Fog horn
Binocular floating strap
Fire Extinguisher
Charts
Fire Blanket
Waterproof phone bag
Fuel tank 50Ltr
Bailer
Mugs x 4
Aluminium survival blanket
Spanners (Universal x 2)
Handheld VHF radio
VHF radio spare battery
Spare Killcord
Knife
Liferaft
Loads of water
Sun Hat
Waterproofs
Sleeping Bag
Mini flares
Almanac
Passport
Sunscreen
Canvas bucket
Watermaker (Low cost ring type)
Fishing rod
Bait
Food for the trip and emergency rations
Mobile phone
Waterproof bag to put the kit in

Hope this helps, its just a starter, others will np doubt add to it
 
Did you want recommendations for safty equipment that should be stored on the boat, or recommendations for a personal safety kit for him to carry onboard?

What about a torch for attracting attention?
 
I just quickly went through my grab bag, I'm sure there are some other bits and bobs in there, in fact I have just found the night vision goggles, and I am not joking /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Lifejacket, suntan oil and his fishing gear.
If the boat doesn't have the basic safety and navigation gear on board it's unlikely the skipper would know what to do with it and your friend needs to decide whether to go in the boat or not.
 
As someone once said, "If you carry enough spares to cover all eventualities then don't forget the hull." So you might as well tow another 'spare' boat behind you; just in case, of course.
 
Powerskipper's bang on here, but he might look iffy in the flairs though. I've still got a pair from the 70's if you need to borrow some, might have some platform shoes too, green, I think...

Yep, I wear them over my 'Speedo's' /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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