Home & Dry Campaign

With ILO 188 in force, the law now sets health and safety responsibilities on all vessel owners, skippers and fishers.

This is a campaign created with support from the fishing industry, to share vital information on fishing safety.

You can find advice on how to reduce the risk of capsizing and reminders to skippers and fishing vessel owners to do their stability and freeboard checks

Capsizing due to insufficient stability is a major cause of fatalities for fishing vessels under 24m in length, especially those under 15m.

The main causes of capsizing are:

Vessel modifications
Free surface effect
Hauling
Overloading

Once you lose stability, there is no going back.

Know your limits. Check the stability of your vessel

Vessel Stability

An understanding of the stability of your fishing vessel will help to keep you and your crew safe

Roll Test

MCA surveyor Roger Gee takes us through how to do a roll test to assess the stability of a fishing vessel.

Offset Load Test

MCA surveyor Roger Gee takes us through how to do an offset load test to assess the stability of a fishing vessel

Fishing Vessel Stability Awareness training

A free course brought to you by Seafish

Home and Dry is run by the Fishing Industry Safety Group.

Who have put together three safety campaigns to raise awareness around man overboard prevention and vessel stability.

Know your limits. Check the stability of your vessel. #HomeAndDry #KnowYourLimits

Instagram

The Home and Dry campaign aims to connect and engage with fishermen on the issues of staying safe at sea

Facebook

Home and Dry is a campaign by the Fishing Industry Safety Group. It aims to connect and engage with

Vimeo

The law on commercial fishing has changed.

Get on board to find out what you can do to get back #HomeAndDry