Articles about the region 'British Isles'

An essential book about taking care of medical emergencies while at sea that is organized in five chapters; Preparation, Emergencies: How to Save and Preserve Life, Accidents and Trauma, Medical Disorders and Treatments and Emergency Medical Procedures. Each entry within a chapter has a flowchart to follow in helping you diagnose and treat a patient.

How do you handle a medical situation while you are sailing offshore? It’s a difficult question as most of us are not professionally trained for this but it does happen so we need to think about what we would do. Similar to deciding what other safety equipment you have onboard, you need to consider what medical equipment you need and how you will be trained to use it.

The classic and complete book of knots first published in 1944 and still one of the best books on knots you'll find anywhere. If you don't have this book, you are lacking in your library. So many new knots to learn, you'll never go thru them all.

A necessary requirement of operating radio equipment on a yacht is having the proper credentials. Government standards address minimal skill requirements but as any good skipper knows, it's prudent to make sure you know how to operate radio equipment with confidence. A distress situation on-board is not the time to be pulling out the radio manual!