Safety Equipment on Board (and what to bring)

We have the following safety equipment on board:

1. 4 Lifejackets - self inflating

2. 4 Lanyards for the lifejackets

3. Life lines on each side of the boat to "clip-in" when going forward

4. B&G Chart plotter with AIS

5. Back-up B&G charts on iPhone

6. VHF Radio

7. A RescueMe EPIRB (will add a second before the ARC

8. Two RescueMe MoB devices (sends alarm and position to our boat)

9. A hand held VHF with AIS

10. Compass

11. Starlink satellite communication

12. A "Jon Buoy' Mob recovery device (hydrostatic release)

13. Two MoB slings (one on each side)

14. Binoculars with compass

15. An eight person life raft

16. A grab bag for the life raft with food water and other provisions

17. Flares

18. Two signalling horns

19. Two powerful flashlights

20. Three headlamps (red/white lights)

21. Four fire extinguishers

22. First aid kit

23. Basic drugs

    1. Broad spectrum antibiotic

    2. Tylanol

    3. Asprin

    4. Alergy tablets

    5. Sea sickness pills

    6. an epipen

What do you need to bring

1. Pack in a duffel bag as it can be easily stored on board

2. White soled shoes for on board use only (do not have to be fancy!)

3. Clothes consistent with the season. Only bring a small set EG three T-shirts as we will typically do a washing machine run every day.

4. Rain gear consistent with the season

5. Any prescription medication you need

6. Sea sickness pills or patches, whatever works for you (test for side effects before you leave.

7. Glasses - prescription, reading, sunglasses

8. Sunscreen

9. Water bottle

10. Dry bag

11. Sun hat

12. Sailing gloves

13. Phone/iPad/Computer

14. Personal EPIRB/Garman Inreach (if you have one)

15. Lifejacket MOB strobe light

16. Headlamp (Rechargeable, waterproof, red/white light)

17. Waterproof case/pouch for phone

ARC Specific Items

We only need the following additional equipment to be ready:

Item	B	R	D	A
Personal EPIRB X 2	2	-	1	1
Lifejacket	1	-	-	-
Strobe light (MOB)				-
Tether	1	-	-	-
Lifejacket C02 Rearm	1	-	-	-
Handheld compass	1	-	-	-
ACR OLAS tags	1	-	-	-
ACR Bivy stick	1	-	-	-
iPad with Navionics installed	1	-	-	-
Headlamp (Red/White & Waterproof)	1		-	-
Travel coffee mug - Wide bottom		1	2	-
Nespresso Vertuo pods (7.7 oz)				-
Large Radar reflector	-	-	-	1
Masthead Tricolour light	-	-	-	1
MOB - throw line	-	-	-	1
Atlantic Ocean PassageAdmiralty - Chart 100: North Atlantic Ocean	-	-	-	1
Eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands to Caribbean) - Imray-Iolaire Chart A: Passage Chart	-	-	-	1
Canary Islands - Imray C60: Canary Islands	-	-	-	1
Caribbean Islands - Imray-Iolaire B: Approaches to the Eastern Caribbean	-	-	-	1
Eastern Caribbean - Imray-Iolaire B2: Eastern Caribbean from Anguilla to Dominica	-	-	-	1