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Safety Boat Driver and Crew Guidance and Information
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Safety Boat Notes
- Bad Weather is a more challenging environment for Safety Boat skills and physical fitness - if you are not confident in the face of the weather conditions at the Club then alert the Race Officer.
- The Safety Boat can be cold and wet - Dress appropriately for your duty.
- The Safety Boat may need to respond very quickly to an emergency:
- Keep the boats in sight at all times.
- Don't stray from the Safety Boat.
- People before boats: if in doubt, leave the dinghy and attend another person in trouble elsewhere on the lake.
- Maintain your spatial awareness when recovering a person or boat: someone else may be in trouble elsewhere.
- Moor-up to save petrol if conditions permit.
Safety Boat Skills & Drills
Here are some relevant videos on Safety Boat Skills
- Swanage Sailing Club Safety Training Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuMJ2ExA79k
- RYA Video for single-person safety boats which has some relevance to South Cerney's two-person Safety Boats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xny40ijRMnI
- Coming alongside, common method. https://jonmendez.co.uk/2022/11/03/how-to-dock-a-boat-coming-alongside-in-a-single-engined-rib/
Here is a relevant videos on Garage Security
- Locking-Up and avoiding security false alarms: Please note when securing the Club Garages at the end of the day:
Last updated 15:39 on 3 May 2024