Ep.68. Sail the world safely as a couple

Most of our offshore sailing has been as a couple; for a husband and wife team, safety means that both people know how to sail the boat and that the boat has appropriate safety gear. Sailing around the world is the ultimate lifestyle change that is highly rewarding. We discuss how to plan to be safe at sea when sailing short-handed as a couple. LINKS ARC downloadable safety list https://www.worldcruising.com/arc/safety.aspx Spinlock life vest: https://www.spinlock.co.uk/en/categories/lifejackets/product_groups/deckvest-5d Personal AIS: https://www.acrartex.com/products/mob 0:00 Intro 0:31 BioTrek 1 and our first sail around-the-world 1:04 The 5 steps to change your life and go sailing 1:57 Knowing your boat and how to sail it: take refresher courses 2:27 Sailing as a couple needs to be a partnership 3:53 Don’t have one partner teach the other 5:26 How to enter port in bad weather 6:47 List of safety gear 7:50 Life vest 9:24 Being hit by a rogue wave 11:02 MOB personal transmitter MUSIC BY EPIDEMIC SOUND A Bitter Love - Sven Karlsson (Intro music) I remember well by Cody Francis Cyber Dreams Instruments A place for us by Howard harper-Barnes Lost in Atlantis – Smartface (end music)