Comments on: Safety comes at a price! http://www.zerotocruising.com/safety-comes-at-a-price Travel, Adventure, Fitness - Making it happen! Sat, 12 Feb 2022 17:00:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.zerotocruising.com/safety-comes-at-a-price#comment-23398 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:47:21 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=18320#comment-23398 In reply to Carolyn Shearlock.

OUCH!

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By: Mike http://www.zerotocruising.com/safety-comes-at-a-price#comment-23397 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:47:03 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=18320#comment-23397 In reply to Drew Frye.

The fire blanket being right beside the stove means that it could be quickly deployed. You’re right about fire being our biggest threat which is why I don’t mind (too much) spending that bit of money.

As for the life jackets, I only listed inflatables as an example. Rebecca and I have one each but the rest of the PFDs we have on board are normal ones.

As for your post, I liked it!

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By: Mike http://www.zerotocruising.com/safety-comes-at-a-price#comment-23390 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:40:12 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=18320#comment-23390 In reply to David & Alex MacDonald.

Thanks. We survived.

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By: Carolyn Shearlock http://www.zerotocruising.com/safety-comes-at-a-price#comment-23350 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:05:03 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=18320#comment-23350 And the price for some of that gear goes up exponentially if you’re out of the US. Well over $100 each eight years ago for parachute flares in Mexico!

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By: Drew Frye http://www.zerotocruising.com/safety-comes-at-a-price#comment-23341 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:15:25 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=18320#comment-23341 I always felt a quilt dunked into the ocean will become a quick fire blanket. Perhaps the extra fire extinguishers make the most sense; we had a fan catch fire off-shore, and that was stimulating.

For the guests, why not meat-and-potatoes plain jackets? I feel they are more likely to survive stoage.

Your cat sink? No, not in any hurry. And you have an inflatable tender. Fire is the only concern.

And I can’t help sharing my “captain Safety” rant.
http://sail-delmarva.blogspot.com/2010/03/are-you-captain-safety.html

Certainly, the further out and the larger the boat, the more makes sense. It’s when I see all of this on obvious dock queens that I snicker.

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By: David & Alex MacDonald http://www.zerotocruising.com/safety-comes-at-a-price#comment-23331 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:29:04 +0000 http://www.zerotocruising.com/?p=18320#comment-23331 Safe travels and fair winds !!

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