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    Posted: 05 Sep 06 at 10:27pm
Um... no one's mentioned telling someone ashore where you're going and when you'll be back (and what to do if you don't report in!). I have sailed unaccompanied but do most of my sailing now on a reservoir where safety cover is a condition of use.
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Originally posted by 49erGBR735HSC

It's pretty much the same as mountain climbing, sailing alone...... common sense wise anyway. We make sure we inform someone of the times we expect to be back in so if we're not back in within a few hours of that time someone will be worried about that fact onshore. We generally look at the weather forecasts over the week anyway so that we know what's basically going on and if there is any doubt in our minds about the weather, it's a no-go. We generally don't go out if no other boats are on the water just in case something major happens to the boat. Kit on the boat we take is water, knife strapped to the transom and spare tape, clevis pins and shackles. Plymouth is quite well protected, breakwaters and land in 3/4 of the directions we point the boat. Sailing on the Forth we used to borrow VHF radios from work and any long distance stuff anywhere else, we took mobiles, in the dry-suit wrapped in cling film.

(Sorry Mike, didn't mean to repeat what you wrote )

..............we also check the tides when we go out sailing so that if the wind goes we can use the tide to get back home...
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It's pretty much the same as mountain climbing, sailing alone...... common sense wise anyway. We make sure we inform someone of the times we expect to be back in so if we're not back in within a few hours of that time someone will be worried about that fact onshore. We generally look at the weather forecasts over the week anyway so that we know what's basically going on and if there is any doubt in our minds about the weather, it's a no-go. We generally don't go out if no other boats are on the water just in case something major happens to the boat. Kit on the boat we take is water, knife strapped to the transom and spare tape, clevis pins and shackles. Plymouth is quite well protected, breakwaters and land in 3/4 of the directions we point the boat. Sailing on the Forth we used to borrow VHF radios from work and any long distance stuff anywhere else, we took mobiles, in the dry-suit wrapped in cling film.

(Sorry Mike, didn't mean to repeat what you wrote )



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when i go out without a safety boat, we carry a knife and a paddle. we dont go anyhting we arent comfortable in. and we tend not to go out in northerlies because its a long paddle upwind if you're tired, or an even longer drift across 2 shipping channels to the isle f wight. not the end of the world but its not going to be fun. we always tell someone when we expect to be back and most of the time one of my parents are down there because i cant get the sails and foils to the club on my bike.

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I often sail with no cover - I always take drink and a mobile phone in a BoxIt case. I also carry an EZ Out Gerber knife.

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I ask since at most clubs the only time there is safety cover is for racing. On the south coast a lot of people seem to routinely sail with no safety cover and don't worry about it too much. There is no other way to put the time in on the water short of having a mate in a rib as a chase boat.
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I often sailed a Laser at Largs and round the Cumbrae Island without any safety cover in winds varying from F2 to F5. I always fitted a rope doubling up the toe strap as a breakage there can mean you fall overboard very suddenly. I also tied the mainsheet to my ankle so I would not become separated from the boat no matter what, and I carried a knife just in case.

That was in the days before mobile phones. Now sailing any boat on the sea without cover I would carry one in a waterproof container.

I now sail an RS 600 and if I did the same thing in it I would double up on the forestay and shrouds with ropes in case of breakages, lengthen the mainsheet, tie it to my ankle and carry a knife.

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When solo I carry a VHF, a paddle, water if it's hot and sometimes a mobile in a w/proof pack. On previous boats I've also carried a folding anchor but the Stealth doesn't have any hatches so now I omit that item as there's nowhere to stow it.
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Yes, i do sail without safety cover, i usually take some food, water and thats about it really. I dont have anything else to take...
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Originally posted by m_liddell

Do you sail without safety cover? If so, what precuations do you take - tools, mobile (in waterproof pouch), radio, flares etc.?




I am guessing you mean sailing of a random beach in the sea

In weymouth i don't worry about a mobile unless i am going outside the habour in which case i take a mobile and a paddle
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