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Sailing Season Tips Home | Sailing Emergencies   Sailing Safety - How to Kill a Boat Fire in Less Than 30 Seconds! Oct 20, 2011 ~ Do you have dry chemical fire extinguishers aboard? Are you prepared to replace your expensive electronics if you use one of these types of extinguishers? Learn these three alternative sailing tips from the secret files of marine firefighters . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Video - How to Dock Your Boat in a Slip--Under Sail! Have you ever sailed a small sailboat up to a dock or into a slip under sail alone? Learn to sail like a pro when you discover how this can be done under complete control--and the key to success lies in preparation. . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Video - How to Make a Fast Seacock Repair Water pours into your boat on a black, blustery night. You find the broken seacock and push the handle to shut it off. But it's frozen in place! What now, skipper? Watch this one-minute vital video to know the steps you need to save the day! . . . keep reading Learn to Sail - How to Use Marine Flares in an Emergency! Could you fire or launch your hand-held, parachute- or meteor-rocket marine flares if you needed help right now? Here's a short video that will show you just the steps you need to take to use any marine flare in the world! . . . keep reading Sailing Safety Secrets - Use This Magic Loop to Find a Missing Crew Member! Jun 16, 2011 ~ You awake from a long nap--only to find yourself all alone aboard your boat in an empty sea. Your friend has disappeared! In desperation you scan all around the horizon. Now what, skipper? . . . keep reading Sailing Video - How to Recover a Person Fallen Overboard! It's a blustery night on a choppy sea. Suddenly, you hear your friend cry out and see him fall backwards over the lifelines into the water! And you are all alone! Now what, skipper? . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Video - How to Assist a Distressed Vessel in an Emergency! If you came across another vessel grounded on a shoal--without help nearby--would you know what to do? Watch this unique one-of-a-kind sailing video to learn a secret technique used by professional rescue crews in a pinch! . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Video - How to Unground a Sailboat Without an Engine! Do you know the three steps you should take when you go aground under sail? Watch this unique one-of-a-kind sailing video to learn this little-known technique . . . keep reading Sailing Safety Lifesaving Tips - Five Steps to Rescue at Sea by Helicopter The huge red bird with the racing stripe hovers overhead--it's rotor-wash pounding you with gale-force winds. You have an injured crew aboard that needs immediate medical evacuation. What vital steps must . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Video - How to Removed a Jammed Sheet from a Sailboat Winch You've just tacked onto port tack, pulled in the leeward sheet, and all of a sudden--the turns jam beneath one another on the sheet winch. You have another tack coming up soon and you need a solution right now! . . . keep reading Five Marine Flare Steps Every Sailing Skipper Needs to Know! Are you sure you know how to use each type of marine flare aboard your small cruising boat? Do you know the five steps to fire a flare gun, flare launcher, flare smoke, or flare parachute? Read on to learn how to use distress flares when lives hang in the balance! . . . keep reading Sailing Skipper's Seasickness Prevention and Treatment Guide No other illness seems to cause so much misery as fast as seasickness. Even in the high tech world of today, it remains one of the most mysterious maladies on earth. But one circumnavigator has found methods that work almost to perfection! Could this be the end to a problem that has plagued sailors for centuries? . . . keep reading Three Sailboat Man Overboard Approaches You Need to Know If one of your sailboat crew fell overboard, would you or your crew know the fastest method for recovery. What if the engine failed to start? . . . keep reading Skippers Quick-Guide to Hypothermia Severity Stages Are you able to recognize the signs of hypothermia in your crew? Anyone can become hypothermic, and without care, this could lead to . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Video - How to Make an Emergency Hull Repair at Sea! You hear a sharp bang that vibrates your sailboat hull and almost knocks you off your feet! Now you have water rushing in from a crack in the hull. What now, skipper? Watch this sailing video to know the steps you need to save your boat! . . . keep reading Learn to Sail Like a Pro - How to Prevent Sheet Winch Overrides Have you ever been sailing when all of a sudden your Genoa sheet jams onto the sailing winch. You are in the middle of a tack and need to release the sheet. What now, skipper? Watch this video to discover one simple way you can cure this headache . . . keep reading More Headlines HOME | Contact Captain John | Help | My 100% Guarantee | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use © 2012 SkipperTips.com All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without permission prohibited.