Training for the emergency: Special maritime safety training train skipper and crew for proper behavior in an emergency

2.05.2022

Safety for the emergency: These rescue equipment is essential on board.

2.03.2022

Safety in case of emergency: These rescue devices are on board

Rescue equipment on board is like a fire extinguisher at home and an airbag in the car: hopefully you never have to use it or deploy it. But when an emergency occurs, everything must be ready and the crew must know how to use the safety equipment properly. SeaHelp explains which rescue equipment should always be there - on the...

Emergency situation on board: How do I behave correctly in the event of a breakdown on the water?

21.09.2021

Emergency / Breakdown with sailboat on the water: How to behave properly on board?

If, despite good preparation for the trip, good maintenance of the yacht and good seamanship, an unexpected mishap does occur on the water, crews can do a lot to expedite any necessary deployment of SeaHelp personnel. In addition, good preparation of the damaged crew can help make the rescuers' job easier when they arrive and optimize procedures. Despite all precautions,...

Water ingress! From a very normal mission day of the Croatian SeaHelp rescuers.

31.08.2021

Water ingress / water penetration on yacht and boat: Often a corroded exhaust is to blame.

The emergency call was received by SeaHelp headquarters on the morning of a sunny August day: the owner of an aging, ten-meter Princess motor yacht reported water ingress in his yacht and requested assistance. After telephone consultation, one of the yellow response teams set off at high speed to the site of the accident near Mali Ston on the north...

Danger under water: What to do if a chain gets caught in the propeller?

30.08.2021

Chain / anchor chain caught in propeller

A SeaHelp membership offers comprehensive all-round protection for almost any problem that can befall a skipper and his crew. Even freeing lines in the propeller is part of it. But if there is a loud grinding noise or even a bang from the propeller, and the machine stops abruptly, a chain may have wound up there. SeaHelp members enjoy the...

Just in case: This belongs in the on-board pharmacy.

29.06.2021

First aid kit, what should be in it? First aid kit on board the yacht.

Some claim that it is the most important piece of luggage on board a (sailing) boat: the first-aid kit. Our skipper tip from the SeaHelp editorial team explains which medicines are important at sea and why the first-aid kit is an important part of preparing for a trip. What to do if an injury occurs during a cruise, a crew...

Understand seasickness and successfully prevent: The evil of many water sports gives the affected fatigue, listlessness and nausea.

4.05.2021

Seasickness on the boat: nausea on board

Seasickness is a so-called motion sickness, a kinetosis. Therefore, it can also occur in cars, buses or airplanes as motion sickness. It occurs because the brain receives different information from the eyes, the inner ear with the organ of balance, and the muscles about the position, posture, and location of the body in space. When this information does not match...

Carbon monoxide detector: security aboard

2.12.2019

Carbon monoxide detector Kidde Modell: X10

A sad case that could have been easily prevented by using the adequate measures: A 57-year-old man died on a charter boat in Dalmatia, five other passengers had to be taken to hospital in Split-Firule, some of them showing life threatening signs of toxicity and they had to be treated in the intensive care unit. It is particularly unfortunate that,...

New SeaHelp cooperation partner: Kirt-Steiermark helps with medical emergencies and problems on board

20.04.2020

A subject one would love to repress: What happens if there's a medical emergency on board? The nearest doctor usually practices half an eternity away, and the boat would have to call at a port first. An undertaking that is not always easy in the hectic situation on board, especially if the emergency concerns the skipper of all people.