Kon-Tiki Safety Procedures
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Night Watch on the Rafts
Each raft must have two people on night watch duty throughout the night. This is for the safety of the whole team. The people on watch MUST wear lifejackets and follow the emergency procedures in the event of any incident.
Persons on night watch should:
- Keep an eye on the rafts in their immediate vicinity as well as their own
- Arrange a roster so the watchers are relieved after a max of 2 hours
- Watch out for each other
- Understand the emergency procedures, and
- Ensure that life jackets are worn.
Remember the original 4th Scout Law – “A Scout is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout”. Here it means that the teams watch out for everyone near them and are ready to raise the alarm if they are in trouble.
There will also be an emergency night watch on shore to respond to any emergencies on the water.
Sleeping Night Watch
Warning: If a night watch is asleep, the safety boat will lift or cut anchors and tow the raft ashore.
Suggestion: The raft activities help to keep the night watch awake overnight.
Safety Boats
There will be safety boats on the water and patrolling the perimeter of the aquatic licence area to keep other boats out.
The safety boats will monitor teams to check the raft is ok and the night watch is awake.
Radio Communications
Each raft will be provided with a 2-way radio to communicate with the shore and the safety boats.
They will be given instruction before boarding and will have an opportunity to practice.
These radios will be hired from the Scout Radio Activities Group