Safety and Our Mission
BAMA wants all sailors to be safe when sailing. To that end, BAMA sponsors annual meet-ups and safety events meant to increase a sailor's knowledge and experience around safety procedures and practices. The following reference materials and shared safety stories are provided to improve safety for our sailing community.
Required Reading for Double Handed Farallones Race
Safety Issues By Topic
- General Seamanship and Safety Reference
- Man Overboard and Recovery
- Emergency Steering
- Sailing First Aid
- Race Incident Reports
- US Sailing Incident Report: 2013 Islands Race - Uncontrollable Urge
- The Capsize of Anna
- The Capsize of Leopard
- US Sailing Incident report of Wingnuts Capsize Chi-Mac Race
- Double Handed Farallones May 1982, Latitude 38
- Going For It! Once Too Often, Latitude 38
- Kuhushan Sinking, Latitude 38
- Nightmare Off New Zealand, Latitude 38
- Bernard Moitessier Interview 1981, Latitude 38
- Final Report Platino Accident, New Zealand Maritime