SASC MEMBERS:
Gene T. McCarthy
Warren Mazanec
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Eissner
Talbot Wilson
John Winder
Matt Pedersen
Bill Doelger
Glenn T. McCarthy

SASC ADVISORS:
Drew Axelrod
Jim O’Connor

GUESTS
Alan Mooney
David Forbes
Nora Te Struth
Craig Te Struth
Bob Thomas
Don Glasell
Bobbi Campbell
Dan Nowlan
Bill Waggoner
David Jones
Sam Murray
Adriana L. McCarthy
Jo Mogle
Dale Mogle
Mette Segerblom
Paul Ansfield
Bob Warneke
John Collins
Bruce Griffith
Bill Keith
James P. Muldoon
 

Safety at Sea Committee
Web Liaison Report
New Orleans 2000

1. Nominate a Rescue

This has proven to be a big time saver by getting the submissions in electronic format and getting all of the details on the first try. One oversite that was made is now corrected is that there was no confirmation of receipt of the nomination, so it left nominators wondering if their submission made it in. An automated reply is now sent out.
 

2. PFD’s and the FAA

A sailor had difficulty bringing his inflatable on to an airplane. He was given some information which broadened our horizons. We have been giving the information that people should refer to FAA Hazardous Material Exception 25. Especially the international air carriers (United, American, etc.) do not use the FAA Regulations, they have shifted to the International Air Transportation Association’s standards, which are at least as rigorous as the FAA Regulations and are easier for them to administer to worldwide. So when challenging airlines, you not only need to know FAA Exception 25 for domestic only carriers, but also IATA Dangerous Goods Regulation Table 2.3.A.
 

3. How are we doing compared to the other committees?

The SASC website is the largest volunteer site within US SAILING’s website. It takes weekly work to keep it current, it takes creativeness to continually make it interesting to the public and the statistics below show that the Safety Message is being heard. For the past 12 months, SASC has seen 10% of the visitors that come to the entire US SAILING website.
 

4. E-USSAILING

US SAILING sends out a weekly e-mail service to those who subscribe, that shows the updates to the US SAILING website, since the prior week. It is called E-USSAILING and can give you the latest updates to the SASC website. You can sign up for this through the US SAILING website homepage.