Harvest Moon Regatta Safety Seminar

Presented by: Mark McNamara, Owner, KO Sailing The Key To a Successful Passage: Being Prepared! ● All offshore passages require a particular level of safety equipment ○ Review the regatta website for guidelines ● Harvest Moon Regatta 2019 Safety Requirements: ○ Jacklines ○ Tethers ○ PFD with harness ○ Navigation Lights ○ Visual Distress Signals/Emergency Communication ○ Safety at Sea Training ● Other Safety Items To Consider: o Life Raft o Ditch Bag o Folding Pad eyes o Spares o Emergency Rations o Water PFD with Harness, Tethers, Jacklines & Safety Clips ESSENTIAL to the crew’s safety on deck. Make sure jacklines are easily distinguishable from other lines on the deck

Tether

Jackline Harness and PFD

Tether

Folding Padeye Safety Clip

Personal Flotation Device (PFD)

● Approval: USCG - UL1180 - Inflatable PFDs 160.076 - Type V with Type II Performance ● Compatible with Re-arm Kit C (Model # MA7214) ● Hydrostatic Inflator inflates automatically under water pressure, not inadvertently in rain, spray or humidity ● Manual inflation handle allows you to inflate the vest at any time ● Provides 38 lb of buoyancy when inflated - more than twice standard foam PFDs ● Bright fluorescent yellow-green inflation cell for improved in-water visibility* ● SOLAS reflective tape, safety whistle and strobe light attachment on inflation cell ● SecureZipTM closure stays shut in high winds and still opens easily on inflation ● Cylinder is contained inside bladder to protect against corrosion ● Lightweight outer shell fabric as used in the body armor industry ● Reflective shoulder accents ● Backup oral inflation tube ● D-ring ● Two heavy duty stainless steel D-rings for use with tethers ● Neoprene Comfort Collar™ HIT Inflatable PFD with Sailing Harness (Auto Hydrostatic) SKU: MD3184 Personal Flotation Device (PFD) ● High specification automatic inflating lifejacket harness ● Very light, comfortable design for use over long periods ● 170N buoyancy with Hammar® hydrostatic automatic inflator ● Automatic inflation - UML Pro Sensor ELITE (new style firing head from 2018) ● Pylon Light™ – high intensity, water activated flashing LED Light. 23cm flexible antenna wand gives improved visibility above head & water ● Lume-On™ - Lifejacket bladder illumination lights included ● Deck safety harness with soft loop safety line attachment point ● Double crotch straps ● Sprayhood - to reduce the risk of secondary drowning ● Quick access emergency safety line cutter ● Toggle attachment point for Chest Pack - DW-PCC (170N only) ● Now available in 3 colors: Black, Pacific Blue, Tropic White ● Unique ‘Shoulder Fit System’ flexes and locates ensuring correct fit on shoulders every time ● New back adjustment – hidden and non snag for easy, simple adjustment ● Easily converts to ‘manual only’ firing head with a Manual Conversion Kit ● Through Life Support (TLS) Registration extends product warranty to 5 years Spinlock Deckvest 5D Personal Flotation Device (PFD)

• Striking design finish in durable rip stop fabric • 170N buoyancy with Hammar® hydrostatic automatic inflator • Structured fit allows easy donning with simple to adjust buckles • Course and fine tune adjustment. Fit lifejacket to body size. • Fine tune adjust each time for layers • Added protection in high impact areas • New style structured sprayhood to reduce the risk of secondary drowning • Pylon Lifejacket Light™ – high intensity, water activated flashing LED Light. 23cm flexible antenna wand gives improved visibility above head & water • Lume-On™ - Lifejacket bladder illumination lights included • Wider 40mm leg strap with stowage • Toggle attachment point for optional Chest Pack (DW-PCC) • Optional Ocean Signal AIS MOB1 available to purchase as a stand-alone unit or supplied fitted integrated within a Deckvest

Spinlock Deckvest VITO Personal Flotation Device (PFD) • Ultra lightweight and low profile, comfortable design • Automatic inflating lifejacket • 170N buoyancy with Hammar® hydrostatic automatic inflator • Easy side donning • Single crotch strap with recessed clip • Deckvest LITE+ has integrated deck safety harness with soft loop safety line attachment point. • Toggle attachment point for Chest Pack • Deckvest LITE available in 5 colors: Black, Pacific Blue, Tropic White, Grenadine Pink and Flow Green (Deckvest LITE+ available in black only) • Optional Pylon Light™ – high intensity, water activated flashing LED Light. 23cm flexible antenna wand gives improved visibility above head & water • Optional Lume-On™ - Lifejacket bladder illumination lights • Optional Sprayhood - to reduce the risk of secondary drowning • Optional AIS MOB1 available to purchase as a stand-alone unit or supplied fitted integrated within a Deckvest • Easily converts to ‘manual only’ firing head with a Manual Conversion Kit • Through Life Support (TLS) Registration extends product warranty to 5 years Spinlock Deckvest LITE + Folding Padeyes

● Folding Padeyes in the cockpit to attach your safety-harness tether are recommended. ● Don't use a stanchion or a pedestal guardrail as your attachment point. ● Never come on deck unless you are clipped to the boat. ● Padeyes on the companionway Stairs or the salon floor provide for safe attachment below deck Harnesses

● All crewmembers should have a strobe attached to their harnesses at all times.

● Spinlock Deck Pro Harness: ○ Super light, comfortable and easy to fit. ○ Instantly fitted unique front opening belt system fits fast and securely first time, using ‘2T’ fastener. ○ Shoulder straps are shaped towards the centre of the chest, for exceptional comfort and freedom of movement ○ Quick adjust ‘DoubleBack’ buckles in marine grade stainless steel. ○ Lightweight tether attachment loop ○ Knife pouch accessory ○ Designed to be wearable with Mast Pro harness for upper and lower body security Visual Distress Signals/Emergency Communications A boat shall carry SOLAS orange smoke flares not older than the expiration date. HMR Notes: “SOLAS Flares are strongly recommended but current US Coast Guard approved flares may be used in lieu of SOLAS flares.”

A boat shall carry either a 406MHz EPIRB which is properly registered to the boat, or a floating 406MHz Personal Locator Beacon, registered to the owner with a notation in the registration that it is aboard the boat. After 01/01/2016, this device shall be equipped with an internal GPS

HMR Notes: “An EPIRB or Personal Locator Beacon is highly recommended but is not required.” Ditch Bag

● VHF Radio and GPS (with extra batteries) stored within a waterproof bag

● SOLAS Flares

● Whistles and Air Horn

● Strobe Light/PLB/EPIRB

● Water Bottles

● Medication-that a crewmember can’t live without

● TPA

● Rescue Knife

● Food Rations

● First Aid Kit

● Radar Reflector

*Don’t remove ANYTHING from the bag during passage! There is No Price Tag for Safety!! Get The Gear: ● Tethers: Spinlock and Wichard ● Emergency Communications: ACR/ARTEX ● Automatic PFD: Spinlock and Mustang Survival ● Ditch Bag: Zhik Drybag or Musto Drybag ● Jacklines: Spinlock/Wichard ● Folding Padeyes: Wichard ● Harness: Spinlock ● Life Rafts: Winslow, Switlik, Revere, Viking

Available at KO Sailing: Open: Monday-Friday 9:00-17:00 | Saturday 9:00-13:00 2321 NASA Parkway US Sailing Safety at Sea Resources: https://www.ussailing.org/education/adult/safety-at-sea-courses/safety-at-sea-resources/

Find a Safety at Sea Course https://www.ussailing.org/education/adult/safety-at-sea-courses/#find-a-course

Burgee Program by Gowrie Group – Safety Resources https://www.gowrie.com/USSailingPrograms/SafetyResourcesDownload.aspx

National Safe Boating Council – Safety Resources https://www.safeboatingcouncil.org/downloadable-resources

US Coast Guard - Safety Resources https://www.uscgboating.org/recreational-boaters/index.php?m=rb Mark McNamara Summary of qualifications Rigger (Manufacturer of production/custom running/standing rigging) utilizing stock and exotic materials in all positions since 1982. Specific affiliations include Direktor Shipyard Mamaroneck, NY, Norwalk Cove Marina, Norwalk, CT, The Boat Shop, San Diego, CA, Sound Rigging Westbrook CT., Aramid Rigging, Portsmouth, RI.

Sailmaker – 1989-90 Whitbread around the world race, 50-foot world cup 1987 – 1991, North Sails east, 1992 Americas cup San Diego CA, Primary North Sails 3dl facility, in San Leandro, CA. In addition to on board repairs to all and any sails in each of the 100,000+ miles journeyed since 1982.

Captain, Helmsman, Navigator, Tactician, Mainsail Trimmer, Sail Trimmer, Pit man, Mast Man and Bow Man on numerous Inshore Regatta, Events and Ocean Races, Including major events but not limited to the following: Races Completed and quantity of completions since 1982 Newport – Bermuda (13) Newport Beach – Enemata (2) Key West Race Week (14) STC Block Island RW (14) Fastnet (2) S.O.R.C. Old Format (2) Miami – Baltimore (2) Miami – Montego Bay Jamaica (2) SF Big Boat Series (4) Chicago Mackinaw (4) Annapolis – Newport (5) Transpac (1) Mileage Admirals Cup – Cowes (1) Acura Race Week – Miami (14) Over 100,000 Miles of inland and offshore racing, cruising, deliveries of sail and power yachts throughout North, South America, Western and Central Europe the Mediterranean Far East and South China Seas.