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craft from simple sailing dinghies tohigh-speed motor cruisers.  \nAlthough Keith trained as a naval architect and was employed initially as a developmentengineer for a workboat builder,he has spent most of his career as a yachting journalist.Heworked for 22 years as a staff journalist starting as a Technical Reporter for Motorboat andYachting,Technical Editor and then Deputy Editor of Practical Boat Owner before jumpingship to become Development Editor of Sailing Today.  \nHe is now employed by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution as a Divisional Sea SafetyManager,managing and training a large team of volunteer RNLI safety advisers,who providea safety advice service to the boating public.  \nKeith is an RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Sail,an RYA Advanced Powerboat Instructor,a SRCinstructor/assessor and a RYA and MNSTCW'95TB Sea Survival Instructor.  \n◎RYA 2008  \nFirst Published 2008  \nThe Royal Yachting Association  \nRYA House,Ensign Way,HambleSouthampton SO314YATel:08453450400Fax:08453450329Email:publications@rya.org.ukWeb:www.rya.org.ukISBN:978-1-905104-31-4RYA Order Code:G43  \nFree  \nForests  \nRYA Sea Survival Handbookby Keith Colwell  \nForeword by Mike Goldingllustrations by Steve Lucas  \n2008  \nAl rights reserved.No part of this publication or cd-rom maybe stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or byany means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording orotherwise,without the prior permission in writing of the publishers.  \nA CIP record of this book is available from the British Library.Telephone O8453450400 for a free copy of our PublicationsCatalogue.  \nNote:While all reasonable care has been taken in the preparationof this book,the publisher takes no responsibility for the use of themethods or products or contracts described in the book.  \nAcknowledgements:Ralph Macdonald Boatswain JointServices Adventurous Sail TrainingCentre,Steve JudkinsJSASTCCover Design:Design HouseIllustrations:Steve LucasTypeset:Creativebyte  \nProofreading,index and glossary:Alan ThatcherPrinted in China through Worid Print  \nContents  \n1  \nBefore you go out52Weather17Preparing for heavy weather224Handling heavy weather275Lifejackets and buoyancy aids33MOB(Man overboard) prevention447MOB(Man overboard)468Liferafts539Fire control6910Raising the alarm7511When to abandon ship9012Abandoning ship9313Survival in cold water11814First aid12515Life-saving signals13616Rescue140Glossary144Index148Membership pages157  \n3  \n6  \nForeword  \nBy Mike Golding  \n'Sea Survival training saves lives,it is essential knowledge for the modern offshore skipper.The stark fact is,if things do go dramatically wrong onboard,this knowledge can save lives.Training for the worst eventuality will make you better prepared and it will give you the confidenceto know that you have planned for every conceivable circumstance when you leave port.The seacan be a hostile and brutal place for theill prepared,you don't need to be in 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