US SAILING has a variety of safety gear for Cruising and Racing Sailboats

The Best Safety Gift -
Safety-at-Sea Seminar
One day of learning how all of that safety equipment on board works.  Learn the pro's and con's of different devices.  Many devices are used in demonstration, such as inflating a life raft, shooting flares, inflating a PFD, sometimes a local rescue helicopter demonstrates an in-the-water rescue, depending on the location, and much, much more.

RESOURCE LIBRARY

International Sailing Federation Special Regulations Governing Offshore and Oceanic Equipment and Preparation for 2006-2007 including US SAILING Prescriptions
2006-2007 edition, lists the types of safety devices based on the distance sailed away from rescue services.

Safety Recommendations for Cruising Sailboats
35 Pages.  1999 edition, lists the types of safety devices based on the distance sailed away from rescue services.

1979 Fastnet Race Inquiry
76 Pages.  15 deaths, 19 boats abandoned, 5 boats sank, 303 boats started while 85 finished this 605 mile race.  Learn the factors involved in what went wrong.

Sailing & Yachting First Aid
48 Pages. A First Aid book is a must have aboard all sailing boats.

1998 Sydney-Hobart Race Review Committee
166 Pages.  1999 edition.  2 boats sank, 6 deaths, 6 boats abandoned, 5 boats rolled 360-degrees, 50 crew airlifted, 8 crew transferred to passing ships and 44 finished out of 115 starters in this 630 nautical mile race.  Learn the factors involved in what went wrong.  Send an e-mail including your mailing address, credit card number and expiration date to Christina Del Conte, Assistant to Chief Executive Officer, CYCA cyca@bigpond.com.au.
The Report is $20.00 + $15.25 Australian (as of 10/19/99).

The Sailing Foundation 1999 Harness and Tether Study
64 Pages.  They bought off-the-shelf harnesses and tethers and put them through the ORC "Drop Test," where a 220# dummy is dropped 6-1/2 feet.  47% of the Tethers failed and 8% of the harnesses failed.
The Sailing Foundation
PO Box 4213
Tumwater, WA  98501
The report is $20.00.

Safety from Capsizing
1985 edition, 65 Pages.  An outcome of the 1979 Fastnet Race, was a method to determine the factors in preventing boats from capsizing.  Report is compiled by the United States Yacht Racing Union (US SAILING's predecessor) and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

Basic Keelboat
This text leads you through the essential principles of safe, confident daysailing more clearly and faster than ever. Topics include tacking and jibing, sail shape, preparation (dressing for the weather, rigging sails), basic navigation aids, tides and current, overboard recovery, running aground, hypothermia and heat emergencies, and electrical hazards.

Basic Cruising
1995 Edition, 128 pages. 
Opens the door to an exciting new world by offering information essential for comfortable and enjoyable cruising. Provides information on engine systems, safety checks, anchoring, VHF radio, hypothermia, seasickness and heat emergencies, overboard recovery, steering failure, flooding and fire safety.

Bareboat Cruising
1996 Edition, 112 pages.
Offers pertinent information on docking, anchoring and basic navigation giving sailors the confidence to bareboat charter in destinations that were once only distant dreams. Topics include planning a charter, provisioning, galley and stoves, ventilation, navigation, engine failure, unfouling a propeller, going aloft, and squalls and storms.

Coastal Navigation
1996 Edition, 128 pages. 
Exhibits a lively, visual format with excellent charts, illustrations and diagrams all working together to make navigation and piloting easy to understand and apply. This text provides information that includes topics such as chart-work, tidal heights, tidal currents, navigation in poor visibility, and navigating in heavy weather.

Passage Making
2000 Edition.
For those sailors who are contemplating coastal or offshore passages, this book is a must-read with information on a wide range of topics, such as planning, watchkeeping systems, living aboard, safety at sea, and the use of weatherfaxes and other electronic equipment.