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20 minutes ago, aardvarkash10 said:
^ €2K on safety equipment instead of a new sail? What is this madness??? 😂
I'm not allowed the sail unless I can categorise it as safety equipment...
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11 hours ago, marinheiro said:
Dr Dave's course notes when I did it in 2017
Module 2: MAJOR TRAUMA
· Examples – Hit in head by Boom during an uncontrolled Gybe, hit by an exploding winch or block etc
· It happens… In Moreton Bay last year, Rum race. Gybe and hit crew on head with boom à Intracerebral bleed and many broken facial bones + depressed skull fractures
· TAKE YOUR OWN PULSE
· SAIL THE BOAT FLAT!! People commonly forget this
· ABC = Airway, Breathing, Circulation
· Conscious? ?breathing NO
· If no CPR
· N.B. CPR in community has a 1% chance of GOOD recovery!
· Hence if doing CPR at sea TOAST
· However – you still attempt it, but be prepared for bad outcome.
· Difficult as it is one of your crew mates
· A debrief is ESSENTIAL afterwards
Thanks for this.
I'm actually interested in the CPR in community numbers.
Many of these I suspect are resusitation after an incident caused by an underlying condition. I'd like to know a couple of things:Firstly, how does this improve if someone has access to an AED within the first 5-10 minutes? from my course I understood it was that success could be increased to as much as 30%, but the course was in Swiss german and despite living here for some 14 y, I'm not sh*t-hot at that crazy speak.
Secondly, what are the success rates of community CPR for drowning victims, being that many will not likely be coupled to an underlying medical condition?
Thirdly, how does the success of resus after near drowning improve if an AED is available (time is hard to tell here cause accurately determining the time of non-breathing in a drowning victim is kinda difficult. Time from immersion?
Another reason I ask is that I'm considering adding a defibrillation device to the inventory on FIREFLY. Around €2k, for a reasonable one over here. The way I see it, that could easily be the difference between saving the life of a crew member or not, or of someone else in the anchorage, or someone you fish out of the sea.... and we all know that a lot of cruisers are no longer as fit or as young as they believe themselves to be. If that €2K spend saved a life I would consider it extremely well spent money. If I kept it 14y and put 2 new batteries in it and didn't need it I would also consider it $ well spent.-
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55 minutes ago, Sabre said:
30:1 is what is currently taught at NZ First aid courses although last year the breath had been suspended due to covid risks even for ambo staff.
Yeah that hold still, but what about getting water out of their lungs?
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1 hour ago, harrytom said:
Hers 2 confusing statements from <r Google
What does DrDave recommend during the offshore first aid course?
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This is an excellent thread.
And we should all read it and share experiences.
Also the current up-to-date best practice for resus in drowning cases would be damned useful. I did a resus (defib etc) course a month ago, and was a little disappointed that it was entirely aimed at resus after cardiac events. No info on drowning or electrical accidents. -
Yeah I’d be tempted (and I almost advise) to just go sail your new boat for a year before making any mods to the I interior. After a year you will know well what does and doesn’t work inside, of why something has been done in the way it’s been done.
spend that first cash on A new wardrobe and antifoul. Making interior changes can start as a 2 month late autumn job into a 4 year financial disaster (think hard stand fees). And if you rush it back into the water half finished. You have a boat full of unsafe crap inside that you can’t sail and progress in these kind of projects while on a mooring is painfully slow. It’s only slower to work on a boat that is on the bottom of the ocean...
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4 hours ago, Black Panther said:
Two more idle thoughts.
There is a Facebook group called NZ Liveaboards you might want to check out
I always thought the Bolger AS29 would be a great liveaboard for a single person. 12 inch draught and masts that can be dropped in 30s means you could get the cheapest mooring in town.
Or something that can dry out and sit on its own bum... shoal draft is a winner.
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I once watched a diver use two tanks and spend gawd knows how long looking for a perspex washboard under Pindaric, never found it.
but here's some diving similar to police diving: -
Oh, and to answer your main question, yes you are absolutely batshit crazy ... but we all are. Learn to embrace it:)
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Huge difference between 10 and 15m. One is like camping, the other could be comparatively palatial.
up north your marina choices will be limited, esp for liveaboard. So to reduce hassle maybe consider a boat that’s quite self sufficient, in terms of electricity, internet, and water + enough space for a freezer and washing machine. The delux version would include a black/grey water treatment plant to allow you snub your nose at the overzealous inspectory types. Also consider a boat that can handle shallow water. This will extend your options massively.
Ease of haul out for regular antifoul / cleaning and maintenance is another consideration esp up where the NRC rule. If you can swing a deal with a friend who has a private ramp, riparian rights and a working area distant from the sea, buying your own cradle might be an option. Otherwise you will need to factor fairly reasonable annual amounts for that.
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3 hours ago, MuzzaB said:
BTW, I suspect the schooner in the other photo - identified on Waitemata Woodies based on how it is recorded in the Auckland Library, is also Morewa. I have found that as online sources of photographic history increase, and time passes by, the misidentification of a photo, as to subject or date, is common. Over the years I have provided suggested amendments to NatLib, Auckland Library, Alexander Turnbill etc together, with evidence where I have it. Sometimes they make the change - sometimes they don't.
There was one online library source - which shall remain nameless but is in the central North Island, which described almost every sailing dinghy in its photo records as a "P Class".
I believe you are correct.
That photo under full sail makes her a much larger vessel than she seems in the first pic I posted.
To me the main looks badly out of proportion and a terrible shape. Somehow surprised she doesn't have a gaff main. -
The New Golden Hind was a launched a ketch... From Waitemata woodies web page
Also, that's one hell of a cabin house... see much from the Helm?
but there's also this photo of apparently the same vessel and seems Schooner rigged. In all honesty, I'm not sure she's the same vessel... Cabin etc...
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21 minutes ago, waikiore said:
Looks like one of the old Tahitian trading schooners, American origin?
could be, that counter is quite something. But a trading schooner? She looks a little small for trading, no?
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Stolen from another page, but anyone know this Schooner moored here along with the flying boats?
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10 hours ago, marinheiro said:
France appears to be an "outlier" in this respect, maybe berth rentals are subsidised there as the government does put a lot of money into boating.
Looking across the channel searched a couple of UK examples. The south coast is dominated by Premier marinas, who if you believe letters in the UK yachting mags can give Westhaven lessons in how to rip off customers.
For a 12 m berth pa
Brighton: €5,900 https://www.premiermarinas.com/UK-Marina-locations/Brighton-Marina/Rates-and-charges
Port Solent: €8,275 https://www.premiermarinas.com/UK-Marina-locations/Port-Solent-Marina/Rates-and-charges
which explains why quite a few UK boat owners have chosen to berth their boats in France
Yeah the UK is not a great example, but there must be plenty of less expensive Marinas.
The marinas I checked in Germany, The Netherlands, Italy and Croatia were all much more aligned to the French price range than the English. Chanel Islands (Jersey) were a bit more than Brittany, and the Med in general was a bit more than what I'm paying also, with French marina's there about 20-30% more, and Greek marinas (Lavrio) being slightly more expensive than in Brest.
Something else you notice in the marina's in France - most of the boats are in great condition, clean and well maintained.
Private companies providing shoreside services are also moderately priced and efficient.
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1 hour ago, Tamure said:
I have read speedboat spike many, many times!
Also the one with Uncle Willy and the Pie Rats?
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12 hours ago, Tamure said:
I know that any marine work is expensive times 1000 but when a see a concrete pontoon worth not much and 4 poles in the ground, I wonder what I am really paying for.
Agreed. Marina in France, 2,300 euro per year for 11m berth. Marina has ALL the facilities, and they replaced my finger over the winter, AND this marina has to be dredged regularly. There are two marina's in the city. So it's not like there's a massive choice.
Compare to Westhaven: 883.50 * 12 (12m berth) $10,602 NZD a year = €6,278 per year.OK so a 12m berth in my marina is: €2522,90 per year... Westhaven is nowhere near as nice.
Given France's strong workers rights, excellent employment laws, strict environmental rules, reasonably high taxes, excellent infrastructure and high (globally) living standard you can't argue it's not comparable to NZ. France median income was about 12% less (2010 can't find newer comparative data) but that's not really going to explain the price difference. -
12 hours ago, marinheiro said:
same sort of question as why does it cost ~$250k to build a 65m2 cottage
Mostly greed.
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Have I posted this before?
Seems to be an age old problem... 1972.
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37 minutes ago, Dagwood said:
Used to carry one of these when I was diving - tiny when rolled up but but pretty effective..
Very nice. I'll take 8, please. I'll have to go for the hire purchase option...
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Honestly, I'm happy to include the flares. Sure I'll go through the other tools in the box before firing off a flare. but having them available in a shitty situation is likely better than not having them available. Having said that, electronic alternatives should also fill the gap from a regulatory perspective.
I used to give each crew member a glow stick to pop in the pocket of their jacket. Now I make sure each crew member has a headlamp or such in their pocket, and each crew member has a PLB or an MOB AIS, provided by me.During the day, I think the smoke is indispensable.
Also, who here carries a danbuoy? A flag on a stick on a float thingy?
There must be some kind of thing like that that can inflate and be kept in a jacket pocket, surely? I mean it's hard enough to spot a craypot buoy from 50 m in a bit of swell, chances of spotting your mate? -
On 31/03/2021 at 2:43 AM, erice said:
they mean epirbs
got epirbs broadcasting your lat/long to satellites and you can have a helicopter overhead in as little as 20min
at least according to some motorbike guys who broke a leg in a remote south island valley
Was with a mate of mine when he broke an arm in a remote South Island Valley... really remote. Took 6h for the heli. 121MHz, though... after that I bought a 406.
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So an island has to be able to sustain human life, but there are no explanations offered on what exactly that means. I mean, given the right technology, human life can be sustained on the friggin moon.
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Name of the boat?
Rescue in Bream Bay, DIY style
in MarineTalk
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Yeah they were also my take homes from the course, and the reason I'm looking into getting one.
Didn't know about the App, great idea. Should be a part of any OS.