Safety Briefings (Sailing Virgins) Ep.04

Safety Briefings are really important on boats. Here's how to make a great one. First, understand that most people have a limited attention span with safety briefings. The world's best safety briefing is for naught if nobody is listening. With that in mind we recommend a three-minute, three-item general safety briefing for everyone. Then find out one or two people who are particularly interested and take them through an extended safety briefing. The three-minute safety briefing (which starts at 1:08) takes you through these scenarios: 1) Man Overboard - point and shout 2) Hitting Something - tell the skipper if you see something 3) Fire - tell everyone if you smell gas The extended safety briefing presents the following ten points: 1) Life Jackets (starts at 4:06) 2) Gas (starts at 5:47) 3) Fire Extinguisher (starts at 6:12) 4) First Aid Kits (starts at 6:39) 5) Radio Use (starts at 7:14) 6) EPIRB (starts at 7:49) 7) Life Raft (starts at 8:49) 8) Grab Bag (starts at 9:20) 9) Flares Kit (starts at 10:08) 10) Man Overboard (starts at 10:41) We have a blog post that goes into further detail on this, which you can find at: https://info.sailingvirgins.com/blog/boat-safety-briefing We hope you enjoy this. If you do, please subscribe! Jack Karger is a Cruising Instructor certified by the Royal Yachting Association. James Kell is a Yachtmaster Instructor certified by the Royal Yachting Association, ASA, IYT and US Sailing. Together Jack & James run Sailing Virgins, a Caribbean-based adventure sailing school dedicated to leveling up the sailing skills of people in their 20s and 30s. See https://sailingvirgins.com for information on courses.