Grab Bag Book:Your Ultimate Guide to Liferaft Survival

Here at last are the essentials for the perfect grab bag - categorized for coastal or offshore cruises, hot or cold climates, and short cruises versus circumnavigations. Included in this comprehensive book on the subject is:. Advice on what to pack for each situation, where to buy it and how to use it - sea survival in a nutshell.. Flowcharts to prioritize abandon ship procedures. How to abandon ship safely. Immediate as well as long-term techniques for survival in the liferaft. Preventing dehydration, hypothermia, wind effect, sunburn, vomiting, salt-water boils plus many first aid treatments.. The essential when, where and how of liferaft survival.The purpose of this unique book is to help you ensure your crew's survival in a liferaft. Buy it, build your own grab bag and be sure you're prepared!

Frances and Michael Howorth have sailed together extensively aboard their own boat for more than 20 years, in both home and blue water cruising areas around the world. They now work together as Captain & Chief Stewardess aboard large yachts and are frequent contributors to many UK and US yachting magazines. Frances holds an RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate and has been sailing the high seas since the 1970s, undertaking several transatlantic crossings and many yacht delivery voyages. Michael became a professional yacht captain in the 1990s and holds a Master's Certificate for yachts up to 3000 tons. He first went to sea in the late 1960s and served aboard passenger liners as well as the British Royal Navy Reserve.