General Safety Checklist - SHTP

Elise travels offshore with the following set of toys

• 2 buckets with lanyard (one doubles up as the toilet, although if it is really stormy, Elise gets a 'shit bag' from camping and a hospital 'pee box' which is less messy)
• horse shoe with whistle
• strobe
• oil absorber for bilge
• mirror
• boat hook
• 2 fire extinguishers
• 2 foghorn (or one and spare canister)
• Boat whistle
• cockpit knife
• jacklines
• Distress flag
• Radar reflector (rigged)
• EPIRB
• Parachute flares x4

  Red hand flares x4

  smoke flares x2

  smoke flares x4
• Tow line
• Plexiglas hatches w/ lanyard attached to boat
• 1 spot light with spare batteries
• 2 waterproof flashlights on boat  with spare batteries
• 2 waterproof flashlight in grab bag with spare batteries
• Bolt cutter (in case you need to cut off the rig so it doesn't punch a hole in the hull)
• Metal saw
• Emergency Tiller

Under construction

• Emergency Rudder + associated line and 2 turning blocks

Booked Rental

• liferaft

Will be ready for SHTP but not qualifier

• Drysuit in grab bag

Nice to have from an MOR perspective which you are happy to have when you need it

• manual portable bilge pump
• Survival blankets
• Mast knife (to cut lines forward without having to run back)

Unclear if needed

• MOB pole and a tether so it doesn't go overboard
• MOB drogue
• spare emergency navlights (battery powered) in grab bag - for liferaft or really complete power outage and if another ship is in sight
• Lifesling