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Category: Safety Equipment

Safety Equipment expounds on some of the gear we have on our boat to improve our odds of survival including: life jackets, tethers, life raft and a swim enclosure, which adds a measure of swimming off the back of our catamaran.

June 16, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing with kids? Check out our easy, DIY swim enclosure for catamarans

August 26, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Our kids arrive on SV Aphrodite

August 22, 2015July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Cracking open our life raft (with video)

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