The Cold Water Survival Handbook: It Can Happen to You. The Seaman's Guide to Coping With Cold Water Emergencies [Paperback]

John Sabella (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1989 | ISBN-10: 0925750018 | ISBN-13: 978-0925750013 | Edition: 2nd

This concise instructional handbook is based on the Seven Steps of coping with an emergency. It begins with a discussion of the layers of responsibility that impact the safety of everyone who goes to sea, and treats the crucial issues of preparation and the selection, inspection and maintenance of equipment. Subsequent chapters discuss training and specific procedures and equipment including distress calls, clothing, immersion suits, inflatable life rafts, distress signals, personal survival kits, man overboard rescue, search and rescue operations and hypothermia.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Originally aimed at the commercial fishing industry of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, the book is equally relevant to almost anyone who goes to sea for a living or for pleasure, almost anywhere in the world. It is still possible to die from exposure in tropical waters. This book details how you can prevent accidents that lead to hypothermia and how you can survive such accidents both through having the right equipment and through your own behavior. Well illustrated and simply described, the book is an excellent guide to survival at sea. -- Fishing Boat World, March, 1990

About the Author

Author and video producer John Sabella is an authority on marine safety and survival. His firm creates instructional books, videotapes and training courses for leading commercial vessel operators and enforcement agencies including the U.S. Coast Guard.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: John Sabella & Assoc; 2nd edition (December 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0925750018
• ISBN-13: 978-0925750013
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,070,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)