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RYA safety boat presentation

RYA safety boat presentation. Suggested methods for dealing with small craft in a sheltered environment. Guiding principles. Count heads! Ask if help is required, and if so, what. Recover and return students to shore if the situation is becoming serious.

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RYA safety boat presentation

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  1. RYA safety boat presentation Suggested methods for dealing with small craft in a sheltered environment

  2. Guiding principles • Count heads! • Ask if help is required, and if so, what. • Recover and return students to shore if the situation is becoming serious. • Leave the craft ‘tagged’ to let other crews know it has been dealt with. • Don’t become another casualty yourself .

  3. Guiding principles • If students are in the water near to your boat, turn the engine off. • Even if they are not, consider turning the engine off. • Involve the casualties in their rescue. • Holding or raising the tip of the mast may be all that is required if sailors are tired. • Whilst dealing with a rescue, the rest of the fleet may be without cover. Remain alert for them.

  4. Kayaks • If the kayaker needs assistance, get them to come alongside the safety boat, it’s easier.

  5. Ensure that you are holding on firmly to the paddler, before you take their paddles.

  6. Get them to sit on the back deck of their kayak, before shuffling across into the safety boat.

  7. Stow kayak either in or across the safety boat.

  8. Dealing with a capsized kayak (with the paddler still in it.) • Position safety boat alongside kayak.

  9. Reach over the upturned hull and grab the victim.

  10. Roll them up, then pull them towards you.

  11. Make sure that you hold onto them. (no paddles)

  12. Dealing with capsized paddlers out of their kayaks. • Recover casualty in standard MOB way. • Position kayak at 90 deg to safety boat.

  13. Lift the bow gently.

  14. Draw the inverted hull over the safety boat.

  15. Keep going until the kayak over-balances itself.

  16. Place paddler back in kayak, or return them to shore.

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