# Single-handed safety considerations **URL:** https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/single-handed-safety-considerations/2271 **Category:** General **Tags:** sailing, safety, single-handing **Created:** [November 15, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/single-handed-safety-considerations/2271 "2025-11-15T20:43:31Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 26
### Author: ![Vela33](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/nonsuch.discourse.group/vela33/32/159_2.png) [@Vela33](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/Vela33) #### Post date: [December 7, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/single-handed-safety-considerations/2271/26 "2025-12-07T23:18:37Z")
> [@NS233\_Bob\_Neches](#): > > This one looks like it’s only a 400 lbs. or so. We get them as big as 900 lbs. Yeah, that’s a little bitty one. The Steller sea lions farther up north are huge. This guy hopped onto the club dock at MCYC in Scappoose, Oregon one day in May. (Spring Chinook salmon season when they follow the fish all the way up to Portland.) He’s got to be at least 1500 pounds and he’s not as big as they come. Fortunately, he left politely when I pointed out that it was a private dock. ![P5116384-SeaLion](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/n26_115_233/original/2X/5/5701b4b1435b09e93510ad3776d01a4cc099b3cf.jpeg) I haven’t seen any seals or sea lions on the boats in our marina, but thanks for the reminder, Bob! I really wanted one of those swim platforms and have been hoping to add one when my boat gets hauled for bottom paint, but now I think I’ll switch to the ladder extension option. --- _[View the full topic](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/single-handed-safety-considerations/2271)._