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Hands-on Safety at Sea seminar Oct 11 at SUNY Maritime

by Storm Trysail Club 10 Jul 2021 18:40 UTC October 11, 2021
Hands-on Safety at Sea seminar Oct 11 at SUNY Maritime © Storm Trysail Club

With the improving Covid situation, and the huge demand for SAS certification for 2022 offshore events, the Storm Trysail Club will hold a Hands-On SAS Seminar at the New York State Maritime College (SUNY in the Bronx) on Monday, October 11, 2021- Columbus Day.

Building on the success of past seminars, this event will follow an interactive curriculum where attendees learn in the water survival, board life rafts, fire distress flares, put out fires, learn damage control, set storm sails, and rescue a man overboard.

Safety-at-Sea Certification
By attending the seminar and viewing the Storm Trysail's Video Library, sailors will earn a US Sailing Offshore Safety-at-Sea Certificate.

Attendees can opt to earn an International Offshore Safety-at-Sea Certificate by also viewing US Sailing's Online Offshore Safety-at-Sea course. This is in addition to the STF videos you will also watch.

Course Curriculum

  • On the water session with man overboard recovery, setting storm sails and emergency steering
  • Pool session with PFD, life raft use, and combating hypothermia
  • Firefighting instruction, use of flares and pyrotechnics
  • Emergency communications and Search & Rescue
  • Damage control and much more

Register here...

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