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Domestic Briefing

Water Clean boat


- foot pump, minimise use - keep on top of saloon area
- heads cleaned often
Gas stove - cockpit daily if possible
- emergency action - products kept under galley
- use of cooker
- gimbals Electricity
- rely on solar panel or engine
Take turns with tea and cooking - so turn things off when not using
Take turns cleaning - phone charging
- galley area every day
- cool box as required Heads
- go ashore if possible
Drinks and snacks - code in marina
Meals stowage - operation and blockages
Close lockers after use If you're not sure, ask
Personal stowage Seasickness
- keep stuff in your bunk area - possibility, pills, action
or stowed in bags - conditions and medicine
- keep tidy

Wet weather gear and boots


- stowage
- drying out

Boat heeling
Safety Briefing
Swimmers Deck safety
- boom and mainsheet
Lifejackets - winch use
- fitting, including crotch strap - main traveller
- keep your own where - gybing
you can find it - look out for others
- wear at all times on deck - trip hazards
- light, sprayhood, whistle - one hand for yourself,
- spares to left under chart table one for the job in hand

Safety lines Fire


- built in harnesses - extinguishers location and use
- clip and unclip your own line - engine fuel cut off
- jackstays, D-rings, round the mast - smoking

When to clip on: Flood


- when skipper asks you - seacocks and bungs
- at night - bilge pumps, manual and auto
- in reduced visibility - hatches closed at sea and before
- rough weather departure
- non-swimmers - washboards
- sea sick
- shorthanded M.O.B.
- see separate card
Engine start and stop
Flares
Liferaft & grab bag - where how and when
- contents
Exposure bags
Horeshoe buoys
- use and position Bolt cutters

Throw line Radios


- use and position - DSC main and VHF portable
- mayday and use
First aid
- day to day Torches and Searchlight
- serious kit
- location
- tell skipper Any new medical conditions since filled in consent form?

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