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CALL TO ORDER
Opening Remarks, Glenn T. McCarthy (Acting Chair, substituting for
Ralph Naranjo).
1. PFD Usage on Lake Michigan.
Accept unread into minutes:
1. Committee Make Up.
2. USCG Silver and Gold
Project.
3. ABHRM approved since March 2000
meeting.
4. ISO STIX (Stability)
Report.
5. SAS Seminar
Overview.
EDUCATIONAL
- Offshore Passage Making, Training and SASC interaction, Discuss
need for further crew overboard recovery research, Sheila McCurdy.
- Other Training Issues, Sheila McCurdy.
STUDIES
- Web Site Report, Glenn McCarthy.
- 1998 Sydney Hobart Coronal
Inquest Preview, Bruce Eissner.
- Posting only "Approved" Safety at Sea Seminars on US
SAILING's website. If someone attends any SAS Seminar as
posted on the US SAILING site, does that qualify them to meet ORC
Reg 6.01? Which seminars comply and which don’t and who is going
to monitor this? Bruce Eissner
EQUIPMENT
- Life Rafts, Jim O'Connor US Marine Safety Association discussing
association oversite of unsatisfactory performance of liferaft
builders and certifiers.
- Drew Axelrod of Survival Offshore, Inc. demonstrating a variety of
modern safety devices.
- Jackline Study Outline, Matt Pedersen.
STANDARDS
- Current ORC Projects, Bruce Eissner.
- Six-year expiration on SOLAS Flares? With E/GPIRB's can the
number of flares be reduced?, Glenn McCarthy.
- With the USCG approving many Inflatable PFD's, is it time to make
USCG "the" standard?, Glenn McCarthy.
- The International Technical Committee of the ORC desires to make
changes to the IMS Rule. The fallout of these proposed changes are
that the ORC Special Regulations would not be in concert with the
IMS Rules. The applicable change has to do with "Small Boat
Interiors and Cockpits." Bruce Eissner.
- ORC Regs Submission Deadline 9/1/01 or US SAILING Prescription
Changes.
- Category 5 Sportboat.
- Multihull – Crash bulkheads, Bill Doelger.
- 6.01 Training, Bruce Eissner.
- Quick-Stop Diagram, Warren Mazanec.
- Remove references to other standards in the ORC book, and
publish safety regs in full description, Bill Doelger.
- Non-Skid, now available in Clear, White and Black, add to
smooth surfaces, Glenn McCarthy.
- We need volunteers to lead an effort on building an incident
database. The end goal is to archive reports of serious SAR
missions, COB rescues, Overdue Vessels, and other sailing incidents
that are not currently being tallied nationally. This group would
interface with the USCG Public affairs, American Boat and Yacht
Council, National Safe Boating Council and the yachting press. The
purpose is to help us see what risk factors really need to be
addressed, Glenn McCarthy.
- ISO Update, Bruce Eissner.
NEW BUSINESS
- Liaise with Rules and Judges Committee, regarding RRS 1.1. Glenn
McCarthy
ADJOURNMENT
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