Copyright March 2010, Last Revision November 15, 2011
SAFETY EQUIPMENT (Preview)
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Safety Equipment For Sailboats
Anytime you plan on taking your sailboat out for a trip, the required safety equipment that must be aboard should be carefully accounted for. A sailboat is comprised of dozens of components, each of them necessary for the efficient and trouble-free functioning of the vessel. Some of these such as the lifelines are designed for crew safety. There is, however, safety equipment that must be onboard at all time, as required by federal law. These items are meant to mitigate some of the risks of sailing. There are many other pieces of safety equipment that could be kept onboard in case of emergency, but what is required is limited to five different items: personal flotation devices, fire extinguisher, flares, running lights and a compressed air horn, bell or whistle.
The following five items are required by USA federal law
These items are to be kept onboard your sailboat at all times. All must be in working order. Not to have them aboard is to risk drowning, fire or collision. They each have a specific purpose designed to improve safety on a sailboat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..In addition to the 5 items required by the USA, sailboats registed in Costa Rican, require the following items:
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