This incident occurred in Australian waters a little while back.Perfect conditions,poor communications.There is always room for training ,wherever you may be.  

Workboatsafety was recently  given the opportunity to participate in Emergency training with Risk Response + Rescue based in Woolongong.It is well worth having a look at their site  www.riskresponse.com.au/training . This crew is both passionate about what they do and...

Small boat deployment near miss incident – IMCA If you have a look at this report the root cause not uncommon. Manual release wires for FRC's do occasionally get caught which activates the emergency lowering,this is a controlled decent  and I have done these drills on...

Workboat Safety International The marine seismic industry as a whole has vast experience when it comes to launching small boats at sea, both workboats and FRBs. During my 6 years contracting as coxswain, I estimate the average number of launches I carried out per...

Reference previous Blog,here is the best option I have found.After thousands of launches and retrievals I have only had this fail on one occasion which was down to operator error. G link Picture

The report attached, issued by the Marine Safety Forum,is a good example of why is is critical to use the right equipment for the job. I have seen this spring loaded release mechanism used at 2 separate training establishments running FRB courses.Training providers...

Content is everything apparently when it comes to marketing. Not so much the quality but the quantity of information that goes out to be seen and heard. I find receiving constant updates from organizations has me moving for the delete button, too much information....

Content is everything apparently when it comes to marketing. Not so much the quality but the quantity of information that goes out to be seen and heard. I find receiving constant updates from organizations has me moving for the delete button, too much information....

Read full report here The previous article published on a recent FRC incident created some interesting comments and I hope contributes in some way to keeping safety of crews fresh in people’s minds. Attached is another report published by the IAGC last year regarding...