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    The safety officer's daily checklist includes checking weather reports, meeting with the principal race officer and safety boat crews to assign duties and ensure boats are properly equipped, briefing spectator boats on safety rules, dispatching safety boats before racing begins, monitoring boat launches and communications, maintaining safety ratios as boats return, and verifying all boats are accounted for at the end of the day.

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    The safety officer's daily checklist includes checking weather reports, meeting with the principal race officer and safety boat crews to assign duties and ensure boats are properly equipped, briefing spectator boats on safety rules, dispatching safety boats before racing begins, monitoring boat launches and communications, maintaining safety ratios as boats return, and verifying all boats are accounted for at the end of the day.

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    Safety Officer’s Daily Checklist

    __ Check weather reports


    __ Talk with PRO (Principal Race Officer)
    __ Safety boat meeting (including coaches)
    __ Assign/reassign safety boat numbers
    __ Weather forecasts
    __ Possible safety problems & procedures (lightning, squall, etc.)
    __ Assign daily duty: zone, escort, mother ship, other
    __ Positive attitude; hand signals with a smile
    __ Radio channels and protocol
    __ Confirm that each boat has:
    __ Key(s)
    __ Gas and oil for full day
    __ PFDs
    __ Patrol flag
    __ Radio and backup, ___ Channel ___ Alternate
    __ First-aid kit
    __ Water for competitors
    __ Daily assignment
    __ Coast Guard required emergency equipment

    __ Spectator boat briefing by spectator boat fleet captain


    __ Outline spectator fleet rules and enforcement
    __ Review the above safety boat information
    __ Emphasize no interference with racing or safety boat functions

    __ Dispatch safety boats before sailors leave the dock


    __ Meet with shore-based safety officer
    __ Monitor launching, check-in and radio
    __ Stay in touch with shore, PRO and safety boats
    __ Sweep racing area at end of day
    __ Set up “Chain of sight” string of escort boats to guide novice/younger fleets in
    __ Maintain safety ratio as boats go in (recommended ratio:_______)
    __ Verify tag board or other check-in is complete.

    Provided by Joni Palmer, Junior Sailing Consultant, Annapolis, MD

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