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11.1 PREVENTION
n
THE CREW
For your own safety and your crew's, you shall respect some basic principles:
- Before you sail, check the different components of your safety equipment,
their location and their expiry dates.
- Check the location and validity of the offi cial documents as well.
- Tell the crew where the safety equipment is, how it works and the elemen-
tary safety procedures to follow.
When sailing, always be able to indicate your precise position.
In case an incident on board should happen and help be asked, this will be the
very fi rst question you will be asked.
SAFETY
n
THE BOAT
For the sake of prevention and to be able to feel confi dent to face successfully
the possible dangers on board (fi re, leak), learn to recognize and locate the
different elements which might be the cause of these disorders and the equi-
pments to cope with them as well.
Risk of fi re:
- Electrical system (chapter 7)
- Engine (chapter 8)
- Gas system (chapter 11)
Risk of leak:
- Water systems (chapter 6)
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