Join Us March 21-22!

What you can learn at a Safety at Sea seminar may save your best friend's life. And help you calmly manage a crisis at sea.  Safety at Sea seminars are required for 30% of the crew participating in the Marion Bermuda and Marblehead Halifax races and all of the major East coast offshore races.  Safety at Sea seminars are also recommended for return delivery crews and other offshore sailors, as well as for skippers and crew of coastal races and those sailors interested in improving safety knowledge for long distance passage-making.


Day One (Saturday) offers intensive training as prescribed by U.S. Sailing.

Day Two (Sunday) offers 3 focused programs: Weather/Gulf Stream, Medical and In-Water Life Raft training.

Topics covered:

Crew Overboard Rescue Prevention & Equipment

Medical / Sea Sickness

Communications (SAT phones, VHF / DSC, AIS)

Damage Prevention - Rigging & Steering

Lessons Learned from Recent Accidents

Pyrotechnics, Signalling, Life Raft Inflation

"Sail From Hell"

Care & Maintenance of the Crew

Heavy Weather

Breakout Sessions - Bermuda & Halifax races


Official Safety at Sea Sponsor

Day 1 - Sat.
March 21st
U.S. Sailing Safety at Sea Symposium
~$130~

*125 for U.S. Sailing members
 
 
Day 2 - Sun.
March 22nd

~see website for more details~
  
When
Saturday March 21st & 
Sunday March 22, 2015
Where
U. Mass/Boston Campus
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
What
The U.S. Sailing sanctioned Safety at Sea Symposium - where you will learn how to prepare yourself, your crew and your sailing vessel for safe offshore racing and passagemaking.
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