Boating Safety Requirements

The key to boating safety is education. Familiarity with safety and equipment requirements is a first step in the right direction. Incorporate regular training, or practice, with your crew on your boat, to make sailing as safe as possible. Note that while there are a number of agencies telling you how to use your boat more safely, the USCG requirements are clear and indisputable legal requirements for safe boating (in the USA). Lower on the page are safe boating requirements for sailboat racing, other recommendations, and more safe boating resources. We hope that even knowledgeable yachtsmen will find valuable information through this page.

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Boating Safety Requirements was last modified: March 30th, 2016 by Philip Thompson

Do USSER Supercede Other Safety Requirements?

No

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US Sailing governs USA racing

Refer to section 1.1 (excerpt below), which notes that the USSER do not supercede other safety equipment requirements. The USSER (United States Safety Equipment Requirements) are published by US Sailing, the governing body for the sport of sailing in the USA. These requirements are intended to complement safety equipment requirements of USCG, Racing Rules of Sailing (published by ISAF World Sailing), class associations, rating bodies [, and state and local government].

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Do USSER Supercede Other Safety Requirements? was last modified: January 13th, 2016 by Philip Thompson

Does Dan Buoy Satisfy US Sailing™ Equipment Requirements?

Yes

MOB pole versus dan buoy

MOB pole versus dan buoy

As of January 1st, 2014, US Sailing Safety Equipment Requirements Man Overboard Equipment § 3.7.2 specifically allows the dan buoy in satisfaction of the requirement to carry a man overboard pole. Other safety gear is also required; the man overboard buoy requirement is just one requirement. The SOS Marine dan buoy also meets the ISAF World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations requirement for a man overboard buoy.

Learn more about the SOS Marine dan buoy or click to buy a dan buoy.

Does Dan Buoy Satisfy US Sailing™ Equipment Requirements? was last modified: March 5th, 2016 by Philip Thompson