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The Liferaft Survival Guide

How to Prepare for the Worst
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The Liferaft Survival Guide by Michael and Frances Howorth is the definitive manual for sailors to ensure survival if their boat sinks. This comprehensive guide prepares skippers and crew mentally and physically, outlining essential items for emergency grab bags tailored to various climates and voyages. Filled with checklists, diagrams, and real-life lessons, it details abandon ship procedures, first aid, emergency treatment, and updates on satellite distress signal technology.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is essential for all boaters, from coastal cruisers to offshore adventurers, who want to be thoroughly prepared for emergencies at sea. Ideal for skippers and their crew seeking practical survival strategies and safety planning guidance.

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This is the ultimate guide to liferaft survival for all boaters and its purpose is to ensure the survival of skipper and crew in the event of their boat sinking.

The ultimate guide to liferaft survival for skipper and crew

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This is the ultimate guide to liferaft survival for all boaters and its purpose is to ensure the survival of skipper and crew in the event of their boat sinking.

In this essential safety book, expert authors, Frances and Michael Howorth, cover how to be mentally and physically prepared for a sailor’s ultimate nightmare. It includes invaluable advice on the essentials to pack into the emergency grab bag for a short or long cruise, hot or cold climate, coastal or offshore trip.

Packed full of checklists and clear diagrams, there are lessons learned from disasters, flowcharts to prioritise abandon ship procedure, sections on first aid and emergency treatment. Featuring some essential content from the authors’ previous title The Grab Bag Book but completely revised and updated, the new Liferaft Survival Guide is what you need right now to stay safe at sea and covers up to date information on the way satellites and beacons work, world monitoring of distress signals and advances in medical practice.

Preparation and planning are key for safe enjoyable sailing. Every boater needs to plan and prepare, and every boater should read this book. This unique survival at sea handbook helps you ensure your crew’s survival in a liferaft. Buy it, build your own grab bag and be sure to be prepared!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399401500

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: Full colour photography and diagrams throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 274g

Pages: 144

About the Author

Frances and Michael Howorth are seasoned maritime travel writers and sailors. They have thousands of miles of sea time each, and are freelance journalists for a number of international sailing magazines, such as Boat International, Captains Log and Caribbean World. Frances is an award-winning photographer and Michael is a qualified Captain certified to command large luxury yachts up to 3,000 tons.

www.thehoworths.com/about-us

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