Email Print Agreement signed03 Jan 2017Ocean Safety‘s Kru lifejacket toughing it out in the Volvo Ocean RaceOcean Safety has signed an agreement to provide safety equipment to each yacht in the 2017/2018 Volvo Ocean Race, the fifth consecutive time the company has supplied the yacht race.Among the items the company will supply will be life preservation products and location and recovery equipment. Ocean Safety will also run sea survival training courses for the crews prior to the race start.Every yacht will carry two Ocean Safety bulkhead mounted jonbuoy recovery modules with jonbuoy horseshoes. Each will be fitted with an Ocean Signal MOB1 that will automatically activate if the jonbuoy is launched.Ocean Safety SOLAS compliant compact liferafts have been adapted to the race rules. Other new equipment includes a custom flare pack to include smoke flares, hand flares and rockets. “Once again we are delighted to be supplying the Volvo Ocean Race fleet. This is a testament to the relationship that we have developed with VOR over the years and the quality of our products,” said Alistair Hackett of Ocean Safety. “We continue to work with the organisers to create a safety system on board which will aid immediate, effective survival at sea.”The race, which starts later this year, will feature almost three times as much Southern Ocean sailing as the previous edition.

via Boating Business | Agreement signed.