Tag: emergency
Will Your Liferaft Work When You Need It?
Last year’s “Baja Ha Ha,” the fleet cruise from San Diego to Mexico, provides yet another impetus for all ocean cruisers to reconsider their liferaft situation. You DO have one, right? And it HAS been maintained, inspected and re-certified, right? And you actually know what’s stored in it and how to use it, right? And [...]
OceanMedix Offshore Medical Kits
Denny Emory looked out at the audience gathered for his recent lecture on emergency medical preparedness and asked how many had invested in a good offshore life raft. The universal show of hands didn’t surprise him. Then he asked how many had invested in a real offshore medical kit, with equipment and prescription medicines. There were [...]
