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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, 2017August 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

DIY Catamaran Safety: Our Pool Noodle Swim Enclosure

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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