What kind of rescue equipment do you need to have on a yacht?

What does it include?

This kit includes life jackets for all crew members, including life jackets for children and even life jackets for animals, waterproof flashlight, fire-fighting equipment - fire extinguishers, fire blanket and bucket with metal handle and rope, scoop and hand pump.

The extinguishing media and fire fighting equipment of a yacht is an important aspect of yacht safety that deserves careful consideration. In many ways, safety depends on the availability of proven rescue equipment, adherence to the expiration dates of life jackets and fire extinguishers, and preparing the crew for emergency situations on a yacht at sea.

In addition, the yacht must have signal flags November and Charlie, raising which you can send a distress signal - Mayday. Also you will need boat nationality flag, and if you cross the borders of different countries, you need quarantine flag or customs flag... Flags are an important part of a cruising yacht's rescue equipment kit.

Completing the yacht with life-saving appliances is the skipper's responsibility. Any yachting school begins yachting training with the study of yacht rescue equipment, yacht fire extinguishing equipment and signal flags. Completing the yacht with supplies or checking for availability is carried out before going to sea so that you do not encounter an abnormal situation on the boat without a set of the necessary equipment.

In this video Sasha Goron - skipper from the Interparus Yachting team will tell you in great detail about the basic set of yacht rescue equipmentrequired by the French Maritime Regulations for ships navigating a distance up to 2 nautical miles offshore:

Rescue equipment on the yacht (from 60 nautical miles from the coast)

Concerning a complete set of yacht rescue equipmentrequired by the French Maritime Regulations for ships moving offshore at a distance 60 nautical miles or more, this requires a serious approach.

Every skipper who plans long journey must learn a few key points. What kind of life-saving equipment should be on the boat by default for safe navigation, how and when to use life-saving appliances. Rescue and safety equipment on the yacht must be checked before going to sea. Also a mandatory point is crew briefing by means of safety, since the completion of a cruise yacht with rescue equipment and, in general, the safety of the yacht and the crew is primarily the responsibility of the skipper.

The list of rescue equipment for a catamaran and a monohull yacht is almost identical. When accepting a charter yacht, it is very important check the availability and expiration date of life-saving appliances on the boat.

What kind of rescue equipment is included in the kit?

Life raft - must be present on the yacht. It must correspond to the number of passengers on the yacht and ensure their livelihood for 24+ hours. The liferaft on a yacht must be regularly checked and maintained, new spasplot is checked after 5 years, and then every 3 years... The raft comes in hard or soft packaging, it can be activated manually or automatically when immersed in water to a depth of more than 1 meter.

Lifebuoy, rescue horseshoe and rescue poles also important elements of the complete set of each cruise yacht, because in a man-overboard situation, it is necessary not only to provide the victim with a rescue craft, but also to mark his location so as not to get lost among the waves while your boat is performing a maneuver.

Rescue pyrotechnics on a yacht includes fires, orange smoke and flares Red.

Emergency radio beacon or satellite communication emergency buoy - one more element of your yacht's equipment, which should not be forgotten. The emergency radio beacon can be individual, mounted on life vest.

Weather stations on the yacht, weather fax and an all-wave radio for receiving weather forecasts. Keeping up to date weather forecasts while traveling is one of the most important elements of safe sailing. A weather station or weather fax is a necessary part of your boat.

Floating anchor or storm anchor on a yacht - also a necessary piece of rescue equipment that will help to weather out the storm at sea relatively safely. What a floating anchor for a yacht looks like and how to use it correctly, as well as answers to all questions in a separate video on rescue equipment for long-distance transitions with Sasha Goron:

Dear friends, the Interparus yacht school invites you to learn how to operate a sailing yacht. We also conduct additional mooring trainings for those who have been trained, but do not feel confident in the marina, and a special course on sailing catamaran sailing. We are based in La Rochelle, France, and we teach yachting using the IYT - International Yacht Training system. You can also train in Mediterranean with our experienced skippers. We are waiting for you!

02.07.2019