Safety
On Board Safety
The safety of everyone on board is of paramount importance and our obligations in this respect are taken very seriously. ‘Maybe’ is maintained in accordance with the Maritime Coastguard Agency’s Code of Practice for Small Commercial Vessels. Annual surveys by an independent assessor and regular maintenance ensure that all the safety equipment meets or exceeds the legal requirements to operate as a sail training vessel.
The Skipper and his crew are responsible for the safety of the vessel and everyone on board. Every voyage starts with a safety briefing. There are specific points that must be covered during these briefing sessions and the crew need to satisfy themselves that all members of trainee crew understand these points. These include fire alarms/drills, man overboard and most importantly the wearing and use of life saving equipment. All crew members wear integrated lifejacket/harnesses while on deck at sea.
Crew Qualification
The permanent crew on board ‘Maybe’ are trained and qualified to meet or exceed the regulations laid down by the Department for Transport, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
The Skipper is qualified as a Royal Yachting Association Yachtmaster with Commercial Endorsement. The permanent crew are required to gain certificates in radio communications, first aid and sea survival.
Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure
All the permanent crew on ‘Maybe’ with responsibility for young people have been cleared by the Criminal Records Bureau.
We have a comprehensive Child Protection Policy in place that specifies a CRB clearance and appropriate references are a requirement for employment.
Insurance
Maybe Sailing assumes responsibility for members of trainee crew only when sailing on board ‘Maybe’ or tender and holds insurance to cover Maybe Sailing's legal liability in the event of injury or mishaps only during these periods. In this respect we insist that trainee crew members take out personal travel insurance cover to meet any medical needs, for loss or damage to personal property and when off the vessel.
Informal Presentation to be held in Bradford on the 9th February.
Date: Thursday 08 Dec 2011.
Location: Waterways Museum, Dutch River Side, Goole DN14 5TB.
Time: morning session 10.30am mainly for Education Visits Co-ordinators, and afternoon session at 1.30pm mainly for school.
Contact us for more information.
Extended report on the adventures of Maybe as she took part in the Tall Ships Races 2011. Read of her travels sailing through Waterford, Greenoch, the Orkney Islands, LamLash, Tobermory, Stornoway, Scarpa Flow, Lerwick, Kvitsoy, Halmstad and many other places.
Maybe sailed from Greenock to Oban last week, stopping off at the Isles of Arran and Gigha and travelling through the Corryvreckan! All the crew enjoyed this short journey as they took in some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK. The west coast of Scotland is breathtaking for the landscape and abundant wildlife.
‘Maybe’ sails from Hartlepool up the East coast of England and Scotland, across the Caledonian Canal and across the West coast of Scotland to Greenock during August and September 2011.
