menzies
Guru
By way of PSA:
1) Please make sure your dedicated chart plotters in particular are running the most up to date charts! We just had a large catamaran who’s charts showed them a recommended route between Guana and Fowl Cays at the eastern end of Elizabeth Harbor! Only a combination of relative calm, luck and rapid response saved this boat. This time.
This is the third such instance in almost as many years that charts have sent a boat through there in poor lighting conditions. Not all of the boats that ventured in there have come out of it intact.
Pleas. Update. Charts.
2) FOAM RUBBER - as found in just about any seating cushion or mattress is one of THE most effective materials to quickly slow down the influx of water - Short of actual underwater epoxy, it is Second. To. None. It’s what we salvors reach for first!
Just as stopping yourself from bleeding out is your number one priority if injured; Slowing down the incoming water should be attempted as soon as it is safe to do so.
Foam. Rubber.
3) Professional help is probably closer than you realize. In this instance, Valiant Marine heard of the distress call and were underway within THREE MINUTES. We were on scene within fifteen.
Preparedness and Speed is our ethos. Thus our motto: “We Stand Ready. “
We have the fastest dedicated response vessel in the region. Fully filed, we can sprint at 38 knots and fast cruise at 35 knots.
We can deliver a full suite of equipment and personnel pretty much anywhere, in nearly any weather conditions, up to 300 miles out from GeorgeTown. We have a network of watermen and equipment pre-staged throughout the Bahamas.
We prefer you have our contact and never need to call us; than need to call us and not be able to reach us when you need to the most.
1) Please make sure your dedicated chart plotters in particular are running the most up to date charts! We just had a large catamaran who’s charts showed them a recommended route between Guana and Fowl Cays at the eastern end of Elizabeth Harbor! Only a combination of relative calm, luck and rapid response saved this boat. This time.
This is the third such instance in almost as many years that charts have sent a boat through there in poor lighting conditions. Not all of the boats that ventured in there have come out of it intact.
Pleas. Update. Charts.
2) FOAM RUBBER - as found in just about any seating cushion or mattress is one of THE most effective materials to quickly slow down the influx of water - Short of actual underwater epoxy, it is Second. To. None. It’s what we salvors reach for first!
Just as stopping yourself from bleeding out is your number one priority if injured; Slowing down the incoming water should be attempted as soon as it is safe to do so.
Foam. Rubber.
3) Professional help is probably closer than you realize. In this instance, Valiant Marine heard of the distress call and were underway within THREE MINUTES. We were on scene within fifteen.
Preparedness and Speed is our ethos. Thus our motto: “We Stand Ready. “
We have the fastest dedicated response vessel in the region. Fully filed, we can sprint at 38 knots and fast cruise at 35 knots.
We can deliver a full suite of equipment and personnel pretty much anywhere, in nearly any weather conditions, up to 300 miles out from GeorgeTown. We have a network of watermen and equipment pre-staged throughout the Bahamas.
We prefer you have our contact and never need to call us; than need to call us and not be able to reach us when you need to the most.