Margaret Pommert of The Sailing Foundation wants to make sure that those who want to get into the Safety at Sea course this February are able to. Classes fill up, and rightly so. Also, there’s early bird pricing. Here’s a little video on the program, followed by the press release. By the way, if anyone who takes the course wants to do a review for sailish.com, I’d love it! – KH
Press Release for the US Sailing Safety at Sea Course
Headline: U.S. Sailing Safety at Sea Course®; Feb 9&10 2019 in Vancouver, WA
The Sailing Foundation, with local boating clubs, will be offering the U.S. Sailing two-day International Offshore Safety at Sea Course with Hands-on Training® on February 9 and 10, 2019 at the Marshall Leupke Center in Vancouver, Washington.
This complies with World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival Course guidelines. Offshore races such as the Oregon Offshore, Vic-Maui, Van Isle 360, and Pacific Cup have requirements for this training. If you hope to participate in these races, understand the requirements and don’t miss the chance to take this class! This class typically fills up a month or 2 in advance very year, leaving would-be racers and others who are “slow off the line”…. left behind. Don’t let that happen to you!
As an added incentive to sign up now, “Early Bird” pricing is available until Nov 1.
This informative and entertaining course is endorsed by Sailing World and Cruising World magazines. It includes classroom, in the pool, and hands on training, and is designed to enhance your sailing skills as a crewmember. Whether you are a racer or a cruisier it will make you, your boat and crew safer. Moderator Bruce Brown, and local boating safety experts have tailored their presentations to give you as much relevant information as possible in the two-day experience. Days are long, but you’ll come out of each with a better understanding of the many topics covered.
Day one (Saturday) will be in a classroom setting where instructors discuss topics including heavy weather sail selection and use, man overboard and safety gear, offering assistance to other vessels, safety communication devices and EPIRBs, personal safety gear, heavy weather techniques, abandon ship and life raft procedures, medical emergencies, and weather forecasting. There will also be a discussion on what lessons U.S. Sailing has learned from studying recent and relevant emergencies at sea.
Day two (Sunday) will take participants through hands-on scenarios in pyrotechnics and fire-fighting, and then into the pool for life jacket inflation and practice, life raft deployment and entry training. Classroom sessions that day delve into remote-boating medical scenarios and kits, weather routing, sail repair and maintenance, and Lifesling® crew overboard rescue training.
By participating in and completing the seminar, attendees will earn a certificate from U.S. Sailing that can be used when racing offshore and internationally.
For pricing, registration, and more information: https://thesailingfoundation.org/what-we-do/safety-at-sea/
Kurt grew up racing and cruising in the Midwest, and has raced Lasers since the late 1970s. Currently he is a broker at Swiftsure Yachts. He has been Assistant Editor at Sailing Magazine and a short stint as Editor of Northwest Yachting. Through Meadow Point Publishing he handles various marketing duties for smaller local companies. He currently is partners on a C&C 36 which he cruises throughout the Northwest. He’s married to the amazing Abby and is father to Ian and Gabe.