Safety at Sea

Sanctioned Safety at Sea Seminars

Make certain your crew meet race requirements for safety at sea training.  Read the Notice of Race carefully.  

Next Newport Seminar

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
This US Sailing Sanctioned Safety at Sea Seminar is scheduled to accommodate Newport Bermuda Racers who have not previously been able to satisfy the requirement to have 30% of the crew attend within the past three years.

• Location: Hyatt Regency Newport (Goat Island)
• Registration: 0730, coffee & light breakfast
• Seminar: 0800 - 1600 
• On-Line Registration Deadline: June 15, walk-ins accepted 
• Tuition: $200 when registering on-line before June 15; $225 for registration at the door.
• Contact: Grethen Baum, sasseminar@bermudarace.com
• On-Line Registration
  

Hands-On Training

Hands-On Training leading to the ISAF Approved Offshore Personal Survival Course certificate is being offered by the Liferaft & Survival Equipment, Inc in Newport, RI on the following date:
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

• NEW LOCATION:  Newport Yacht Club, 110 Long Wharf, Newport, RI
  Finish time: approximately 4:00 PM
  NOTE: Please remember this is a hands on training. We will be out and about participating in many activities outdoors. Please be prepared for this. Also we will be entering the water in a pool. Please bring a change of clothes and a towel. We will ask you to enter the water in your typical sailing gear. We also understand that by the time you leave for Bermuda you do not want to have sopping wet sailing gear so you can enter the water in street clothes, i.e. sweatshirt and jeans.
  Class size is limited to 20 students per session
  Cost:  approx $150 per person, plus lunch
• Register first come first served at dan@lrse.com
• Casses include In-the Water, Hands-On with Lifejackets, Harness & Tether, and Liferaft plus live fire fighting, flare firing, and communications training
• Test on seminar theory
• recommended for 2008 Newport Bermuda Race
• required for most Cat 1 and 2 races starting outside the US
• combines with 8 hour Sanctioned Safety at Sea Seminar for "ISAF Approved Offshore Personal Survival Course"
• Certificate to be issued by US SAILING

General Information

There are several Safety at Sea (SAS) and Race Preparation Seminars planned by the organizers of the 2008 Newport Bermuda Race.  (The primary seminar, March 8 - 9 in Newport, has taken place.)  These seminars will present the curriculum of the US SAILING sanctioned seminars along with the detailed requirements of the 2008 Race.  They are recommended for crews of all yachts entering the race.    The NOR requires as a minimum that 30% of each crew must have attended a sanctioned seminar within 3 years of the start (both crew in the Doublehanded Class must meet this requirement). 

Hands On, in-the-water training is being offered in 2008 for the first time.  It is being offered for those crew who desire an ISAF Approved Offshore Personal Survival Course certificate for Category 0,1,2 races that start outside of the US, like Fastnet and Sydney Hobart.  This optional training has direct application to the Newport Bermuda Race and is recommended for all offshore sailors.  Additional Hands-On Training dates before the Newport Bermuda Race will be announced on this site as soon as they are arranged.

Locations, Dates, Times, Costs

• The primary Bermuda Race seminar in Newport took place on March 8.
• A make-up seminar is scheduled for Wednesday, June 18 in Newport.  See details above. 
• Additional SAS Seminars are listed at US Sailing.

On-Line Registry of Recent Seminar Attendance

To see when you last completed an SAS Sanctioned Seminar, go to US Sailing Saftey at Sea Seminars, scroll to the bottom of the page, and enter your name in the form.

Questions?

Seminar Coordinator:  Ron Trossbach