If you haven’t signed up for The Sailing Foundation’s Safety at Sea seminar on Bainbridge Island this coming weekend, you’re out of luck. It’s all full up. But it’s worth a look at what you’re missing so when the next one comes around you can get in on it.
The big news here is that there’s a three “tracks,” from which to choose, depending on how much coursework participants to do. There’s a renewal track, 2-day track and hybrid track.
Saturday’s sessions will include crew overboard, search and rescue, communication, heavy weather techniques, etc. On Sunday there will be a pool session on liferaft use and a flare session outside.
Presenters include Margaret Pommert, Ken Fabert, MD, Sailish‘s Bruce Hedrick, Swiftsure Yachts‘ Ryan Helling and Bob Schoonmaker, Bruce Brown and Carol Hasse.
Being prepared for an emergencies through is the most important aspect of handling them. And knowing what to do is every bit as important as having the right equipment on board. We’ll have a wrapup of the seminar after the fact. If any Sailish readers want to know anything particular, please send me questions, and I’ll pass them along.
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.