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On Red Ranger we have the 5 F's of safety:
Flood
Fire
Falling Overboard
First Aid
Fatigue
And Famine.
Okay. It's six. But they're the life-and-death essentials.
Here's Alvah Simon's list — based on real Coast Guard data.
Fire. Red Ranger …
The bottom of the Chesapeake involves silt. A lot of it. Anchoring in silt is kind of fun. You barely have to think about it. Except, of course, for the silt that stays with your anchor chain.
When we first started sailing down here, we heard an old salt explain …
She's a boat — there are always things to do. We have enumerated the jobs using Trello. There are 51 things on the backlog. Okay. It's not a million. Some are really complex. Others are a trip to Home Depot to find the right gasket for the faucets.
Instead of work …
On Red Ranger, we use the 5F's of safety.
Flooding
Falling Overboard
Fire
First Aid
Fatigue and Famine
These help us separate what's safety critical from what's merely a good idea.
Which leads us to pumps. Hull integrity, hose integrity, and hose clamps are important preventative measures. A dripless shaft …
There are some important lessons learned in safety here. Very important.
One of the first pieces of safety equipment we bought for Red Ranger was a Life Sling 2. It's a tidy container with hook and loop strips (Velcro™) that fastens neatly to the taffrail or lifeline somewhere.
Most …
This is what it looks like when you inflate a small 4-person six-person life raft.
What's important here is that it's (a) small and (b) small. While it clearly looks like it might remain upright, there are issues.
In horrifying, scary weather, this may …
This was painful, but necessary.
Stuff broke. We knew something was amiss when Mr. Lehman developed an unusual new smell on Saturday or Sunday. Really. A new smell. We'd learned all of his various noises. And a diesel engine has a characteristic smell. But this smell was new and different …
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