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Marine Survival Equipment and Maintenance (Workbook)
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Downloads: 9 |
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Date added: 10/11/2006 |
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From the website: Learn to choose, install, use, and maintain required emergency equipment for
the commercial fishing vessel. Revised in 2005 by Jerry Dzugan, Alaska Marine Safety Education Association.
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Emergency VHF Radio Protocols
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Downloads: 21 |
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Date added: 09/19/2006 |
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If you haven't done a VHF course but own a radio, it may be worth
reading through the two main protocols and understand them before you
need to use them.
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SAR Seamanship Reference Manual
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Downloads: 45 |
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Date added: 06/15/2006 |
Don't the title deceive you, this is a fantastic resource
for Sea Kayak Instructors. With over 460 pages of information, this Canadian
Government Publication is a very in-depth manual that covers almost every topic
of search and rescue seamanship.
Only a handful of the topics include:
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How Search and Rescue works in Canada.
- Management styles in a crisis
- Working with Ropes and Wires
- Collision Regulations and Rules of the Road
- Navigation
- Wave Theory
- Understanding Weather
- Emergency Care and Transportation of Maritime Casualties
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Standards for Pyrotechnic Distress Signals and Similar Devices
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Downloads: 9 |
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Date added: 04/04/2006 |
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The Canadian standards for manufactures of flares and other
distress signals. Not the most exciting reading but it documents the minimum
requirements for each type of flare in regards to things like burn time, water
immersion, drop tests, etc.
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