Notes From the Water
Maritime safety, survival, and risk — written by people who've done the job, not just studied it.
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The Gap Between Certified and Ready
A certificate proves someone passed a course. It does not prove they are ready to make the right call when the situation is not textbook.
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Reading a Safety Management System Honestly
Most Safety Management Systems are technically compliant and practically useless — because no one reads them the way an auditor eventually will.
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Why Most Abandon-Ship Drills Fail
Most abandon-ship drills fail for the same reason: they rehearse the checklist, not the chaos that a real emergency actually looks like.
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What Cold Water Actually Does to a Body
Cold water kills faster than people expect, and it is not hypothermia that gets most victims — it is the first sixty seconds.