Links
International OrganismsIMO - International Maritime Organization
ISAF - Offshore special regulations (OSR)
Rescue - Safety
UK
MAIB (Marine Accidents Investigation Branch)
France BEA (Bureau Enquête sur les Évenements en Mer) SNSM (Société nationale de Sauvetage en Mer)
España CPISM (Ministerio de Fomento- Comisión Permanente de Investigación de Asuntos Marítimos) Salvamento Marítimo
USA US coast guards NGA-MSI - National Geospacial Intelligence Agency - Marine Safety Information (USA)
Accident reports
MAIB (2017) - Investigation report 7/2017 - Report on the investigation of two fatal accidents (...). pdf (copyright MAIB 2017)
Comment.Thorough analysis of two lethal accidents. Beyond the technical factors, two persons died because of short mistakes: - one of them crossed the danger zone under the boom at the wrong moment; - the other one remained untied a few minutes to help fixing a minor problem.
Safety devices
Series drogues (Jordan's cones) Experiments and calculus. Hervey, C.L., Jordan, D.J. (1877) Investigation of the use of drogues to improve the safety of sailing yachts. US Coast Gards report AD A188 598 (html) (pdf)
Fabrication. Lynn, D. Heavy Weather Sailing - Making a Series Drogue (pdf)
Self-rescue tether and omni-anchoring belt (commercial)
Nautical chartsFree
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA) - Free Nautical charts USA www.noaa.gov
Marinha do Brazil - Free Nautical charts Brazil www.mar.mil.br Others (disclaimer: compliance with copyrights is responsibility of these sites )
SHOA - Servicio Hidrográfico y Atmosférico de la Armada (Chile) www.shoa.cl SHOM - Service Hydrographique et Oceánographique de la Marine (France) www.shom.fr
Software
Free
Non-Free
Electronic chart plotters: Max Sea
Books & articles (free)... that we consult regularly
Boat design (for design & construction) YBW (yachting and boating world)
Boats and sailorsif you want to be here, contact us.
English
Weather maps - FNMOC Wxmap
Oceanic databases
NOAA - National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
myocean ocean monitoring and foreca sting. avoid if you can (they do not produce data)
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