Chartering Checklist

Handheld GPS if you have one. Virtually all charter yachts will have a fixed GPS, but a backup is handy if the electrics go down and can be used in the cockpit if there is no repeater. Spare batteries.

Coast guard to tow yacht disabled with broken mast off Nfld. (Canada.com)
Coast guard to tow yacht disabled with broken mast off Nfld. HALIFAX (CP) - A Canadian Coast Guard ship is in the process of hooking up a tow to a yacht disabled 960 kilometres east of St. John's, Newfoundland.