Safety Archives

Too many boaters are unprepared

February 15th, 2025

by Dick Stevenson, Loose Cannon This is a story about a “deal,” one of those unstated guidelines that communities generate.

February 11th, 2025

When the 2024 Newport to Bermuda Race incurred dismastings, abandonments, and assorted retirements, organizers initiated a review of the incidents

January 29th, 2025

The latest edition of New Zealand yachting’s safety encyclopaedia – the Safety Regulations 2025 to 2028 – is out now.

January 29th, 2025

The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC), the nonprofit organization that develops voluntary global safety standards for the design, construction,

January 13th, 2025

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News I was young, still racing prams, when an offshore race near my harbor incurred

October 27th, 2024

Yanked like a puppet from 20 feet above Sengekontacket Pond, Nevin Sayre was already unconscious when he hit the water

September 9th, 2024

The offshore racing safety requirements are rather onerous today with the amount of equipment and education needed. It is a

September 6th, 2024

by Rupert Holmes, Practical Boat Owner Half a century has passed since the loss of Ted Heath’s 45-foot ocean racing

August 8th, 2024

The biennial Newport to Bermuda Race had dismastings, abandonments, and assorted retirements in 2024, prompting a review of the safety

July 31st, 2024

The Strait of Georgia is between Vancouver Island and the extreme southwestern mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada, and the