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Equipment for a Modern Gaffer
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Safety
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Equipment
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1. Lifejackets and Harnesses |
Crewsaver |
Crewsaver
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It should go
without saying that Chione carries lifejackets (auto-inflation) and
harnesses for all 4 potential crew members.
We currently favour our 150N
lifejackets
with integral harness and crotch straps. The latter make for a
much
more secure fitting (especially if/when you do fall in the water) and
are
not at all uncomfortable. |
Chione T |
London |
O/N 901053 |
R.T. 6 54/100 |
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2. Lifebuoy |
Horseshoe Lifebuoy |
Plastimo
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A conventional
horseshoe lifebuoy with attached light and drogue. |
Chione T |
London |
O/N 901053 |
R.T. 6 54/100 |
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3.
MOB Recovery |
CrewLink |
Sowester
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Essentially a horseshoe
lifebuoy with
38metres of attached floating line, suitably contained in a pushpit
pack
ready for use.
The device is easily deployed by pulling
a tag to open the velcro fastened cover.
In our case, final recovery would be
accomplished with the assistance of a ready-made 3:1 tackle. The
static
end of the tackle is snap-shackled onto a spare halyard, with the
bitter
end led to a sheet winch. The free end of the tackle also has a
snap
shackle, for attachment to the casualty. |
Chione T |
London |
O/N 901053 |
R.T. 6 54/100 |
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4. Flares |
Sowester (made in Germany by Comet) |
Sowester
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Offshore Distress Pack - 4 Red
parachute
rockets, 4 Red hand flares, and 2 Orange smoke torches, all in a
plastic
keg in a cockpit locker.
Four white collision warning flares
are also carried, with one clipped inside a coaming locker for
immediate
use. |
Chione T |
London |
O/N 901053 |
R.T. 6 54/100 |
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5. Fire Extinguishers |
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6. Radar Reflector |
Mobri S-2 |
Mobri Marine (Denmark)
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I for one have
been left bewildered by recent tests of radar reflectors in the
yachting press. There seems
no real concensus as to which type of device is the most
effective. Evidence as to the achievable magnification of radar
cross-section is similarly inconclusive; indeed some devices in some
circumstances have been observed to actually reduce the boat's
reflected image.
I suspect the real answer is to
use
an active electronic signal amplifer such as the 'Ocean Sentry' from McMurdo. However, at around
GBP1000,
I'll make do with my Mobri S-2 for now!
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Chione T |
London |
O/N 901053 |
R.T. 6 54/100 |
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7. Bilge Pumps |
Various |
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Chione has
two bilge pumps.
A manual (Jabsco Amazon) pump is operated
from the cockpit, with its strum box in the bilge sump.
Also installed in the bilge sump is
an electric pump triggered by an 'hydro air' switch. (In theory
this
is a simple, reliable device - but we found ours a little difficult to
adjust
just as we wanted it.)
An audio alarm is activated by a float
switch fitted higher in the bilge, in case there is a rapid rise in
water
level and/or the automatic pump should fail. |
Chione T |
London |
O/N 901053 |
R.T. 6 54/100 |
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