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When do we really need our life jacket? When it gets serious. When we are no longer on board due to an accident, an accident or even carelessness, but in the water. When theory suddenly turns into practice and the wet oilskins stick to you and hinder your swimming. And the inflated, automatic life jacket helps to keep your head...
Read moreThe idea is as simple as it is ingenious: Swiss company OneUP Rescue AG has developed a compact life ring (OneUP PRO) that fits in any handbag and inflates itself on contact with water - comparable to an automatic life jacket. SeaHelp members save 20 euros on the purchase of the practical and officially approved by many rescue centers rescue...
Read moreThey are mandatory for participation in ocean racing: Special safety training for sailors certified by World Sailing. Cruisers and charterers, on the other hand, never have to prove that they know how to use fire extinguishers and distress munitions and how to climb into a life raft. Actually, that's wrong, because a marine emergency can happen to anyone. It's good...
Read moreIs it allowed to take a signal pistol, with which you can draw attention to yourself as a skipper in distress, to Croatia just like that? What is the legal situation in transit countries such as Austria, Italy or Slovenia? These are all questions that are probably of a theoretical nature for most yacht owners, because they transport them, usually...
Read moreRescue 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...
Read moreTowing unmaneuverable ships, boats and yachts is part of the daily business of the nautical breakdown service SeaHelp and is the numerous free services of a SeaHelp membership integrated because technical problems can be solved much better and easier in a marina than on the high seas. Even if the SeaHelp response boats are already well equipped to provide "first...
Read moreIn a concentrated action on July 31, the Croatian authorities that are responsible for maritime safety, conducted another day of action concerning ”Security at sea‟, in the scope of which 101 employees controlled a total of 398 ships of different categories. Here, 142 violations were detected and fines amounting to a total of 260,219 Kuna were imposed.
Read moreThe subject of ”buoy fields‟ seems to be a legally grey area and quite an emotionally charged subject. As we learnt from the Austrian daily “Kurier“ a skipper, anchoring near a buoy field, was reported to have recently fallen victim to a waste oil attack which irritates a lot of skippers. SeaHelp wanted to know for sure andchecked with the...
Read moreEvery boat owner rejects the fact that despite the excellent nautical skills, there is always a small change of the vessel sinking.
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