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Boat Rules - House Rules for Safe Boating
July 23, 2024 · 6 min · 2K views · Caribbean
What this video covers
Simon and Kim aboard Britican outline the onboard safety rules they enforce with guests in Caribbean waters. No land shoes on the wooden deck — stones embedded in soles damage it; deck shoes are required on deck but must come off below.0:13 Anyone leaving the cockpit while underway must have a second person in the cockpit watching them, so a man-overboard situation is spotted immediately.1:04 Solo watch-standing at night requires waking a second crew member before going forward to the mast.1:42 Sun protection in the Caribbean follows the "slip, slap, slop" principle: long-sleeve shirts or sunscreen applied at the stern, never sprayed on deck where it creates a slip hazard.2:32 Kim enforces a minimum two large bottles of water per day; a guest's child once became dangerously dehydrated before anyone noticed.2:46 Simon and Kim carry "highlight drops," an electrolyte concentrate — roughly 10 drops in water — after Kim recovered within two minutes of using it following days of feeling unwell.3:45 Nothing non-organic goes overboard in anchorages or near shore; organic waste is acceptable only in deep water offshore.4:26 All waste otherwise stays aboard until it can be disposed of in port.4:37
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