US Sailing Investigators Recommendations
Ron Trossbach, the lead investigator for US Sailing in the Rambler 100 incident, recommended the following changes to US Sailing’s Offshore Special Regulations (OSR)...
PS Analysis: The 2011 WingNuts Capsize
In the wake of the US Sailing report, the Mackinac Race Committee moved to eliminate the stability measurement loophole that allowed boats like the...
Tether recall likely no factor
In 2010, West Marine voluntarily recalled two tether models (SKU #9553512 and #9553504), the same model tethers worn by Mark Morley and Suzanne Bickel...
US Sailing Recommendations
The US Sailing report makes several specific recommendations to prevent future accidents such as the one that involved WingNuts, among them:Race StandardsRace organizers should...
Safety at Sea Seminar
If you don’t have any plans for the last weekend of March and beginning of April, you can still register and attend the Annapolis...
Safety Lessons Learned Part 1
Psychologist Carl Jung might have called it synchronicity, or a meaningful coincidence: three highly publicized sailing accidents occurring in close succession-one for each month...
US Sailing Recommendations
The US Sailing report makes seven specific recommendations, several calling for important research into ways to prevent future accidents such as the one that...
Help Us Design a Better PFD/harness
Do try this at home: Don your favorite inflatable-PFD/harness and inflate it. Dont waste a gas cartridge; use the oral inflation tube. Wade into...
Orion Replacing Potentially Faulty Flares
Mustang Recalls Inflatable PFDsMustang Survival (www.mustangsurvival.com) is voluntarily recalling all of its MD2010 and MD2012 inflatable personal flotation devices (PFDs) sold in the United...
Seascoopa Revisited
In our opinion, it would be near impossible for a single crew to simultaneously keep an eye on the MOB’s location, affect a recovery...
The No Expense Spared Antigua 60 Cruising Sailboat Soolaimon
Join us for a boat tour of the gorgeous Antigua 60 cruising sailboat Soolaimon. She boasts electric winches, a mighty Lofrans electric windlass, and...
