In the previous advice given for safety at sea I left out pyrotechnic flares, although you should have them in your life-raft, you can have a set in a floating container at hand. Also pointing out in the previous advice given for safety at sea (a) and (c) what to have for your safety. Here is a further explanation of their use.
(a) You may ask why I need a floating line with loops from the deck to the water line.
There have been many incidents where both crew members and passengers leave their yacht and go in the water without realizing that once they are in the water they cannot reach the deck or guard rails due to free board and loss of strength. Other instances where leaving the engine running in gear or the sails on, or not slashed down, or all of these mistakes, and jumping into the water to save someone else.
(c) You also may ask why I need a one-metre line with a clip-on-hook. This line can save your life when you cannot hold your grip, due to strength/weakness in situations as man overboard, rough sea, and long hours of fatigue. This line must be around your waist attached with a bowline knot and ready to hook on, to a solid point when you feel weak.
Explosions: no incident is the same and when these occur it depends on whether they are followed up by other explosions, such as fuel and fire; whether severe damage is done to the hull, and if the boat is taking water in, or not.
In boats, big or small, there is no room for error and apart from prevention there is little that one can do, as these boats are open hull with no bulkheads to control the water or fire. Plastics and fibre paints are flammable therefore always put your gas container outside the cockpit by the mast footing and on top deck, always check for leakage with a little soapy water and watch for air bubble at the connections check the line system remember gas will settle in the bilges and corners .
Ships’, boats’, or yachts’ E.P.I.R.B. are slightly bigger than the personnel ones, these must be guarded against damage such as fire and explosions this can be done by placing the ships E.P.I.R.B. In a metal container float, there must be a water-proo circular door at the top and always floating in an up-right door position. It must be painted orange and have the boat signal letters and name on it. This container must be placed away from the engine room area with a hydrostatic release, and clipped on the top deck at a handy position and away from preventing obstruction to float away freely.
 
Michael Neville Cassar,
Valletta