Before you head offshore to cruise or race, join us for the most authoritative daylong seminar on safe seamanship, heavy weather tactics, weather forecasting, communications and boat preparation.  See safety equipment demos and crew-overboard recovery techniques.  Pose questions to our expert bluewater sailors.  Tuition fees vary and seating is often limited so call or go on-line now for reservations.  This could be the most important day of your sailing life.

• Learn about Sun Safety, Hypothermia and Seasickness      prevention

• Learn the differences between SOLAS and other visual distress signals

• Moderated by some of the top names in sailing safety

• Organized by US SAILING, developed  by Cruising World Magazine

• Sponsored by Cruising World, West Marine and Landfall Navigation

• The US SAILING Sanctioned Safety at Sea Seminar is a certified safety program for offshore sailors, required for many US races and recommended for anyone who wants to learn about safe sailing .

• Seminars are delivered by approved Moderators using a US SAILING certified curriculum

• Don’t miss it!!

Practical, Hands-On Training Seminars

An optional second day of training includes theory review & exam plus in-the-water exercises with and without lifejackets and in-the-water inflation & boarding of a liferaft including righting an overturned raft.  Additional in-the-water drills are held with throw ropes, lifeslings, signal mirrors and other signaling devices.  Hypothermia is described and ‘keep warm’ exercises practiced.  Students learn to use fire extinguishers against actual fires, send Emergency Communications, including MAYDAY Messages and EPIRB deployment and fire all types of flares.   Conducted by USCG Certified instructors using ISAF approved curriculum.  Click here for a syllabus.

ISAF APPROVED OFFSHORE PERSONAL SURVIVAL COURSE CERTIFICATE.

• Issued to all who attend both Safety at Sea and Hands-On Training Seminars and pass written exam all in the same calendar year.

•  Good for five years

• Required by some US races and most Category 1 and 2 races that start outside the US

• Issued by ISAF Member National Authority (NMA)  who is the Offshore Director, US SAILING Association (offshore@ussailing.org)

Cruising World &
Sailing World
Magazines

Sponsored by:

West Marine


Landfall

ORGANIZE A SEMINAR IN YOUR AREA

Are you looking for a US SAILING Safety at Sea Seminar in your area?   Request a Planning Guide on how you can host and run a professional quality Safety-at-Sea Seminar.  Volunteers accept the responsibility of organizing and running these seminars.  The comprehensive Planning Guide includes a contract the volunteers sign, committing to provide a standard of excellence.  You may apply to the United States Coast Guard to help defray the cost of hosting a seminar.
 

SAFETY AT SEA SEMINAR CALENDAR

When volunteers sign the sanctioning agreement, we place their event into the calendar.  Please check back here often to see if one pops up in your area!

VERIFY SAFETY AT SEA SEMINAR ATTENDANCE

Note - If you do not find your name in this database and expected to find it, please write
Donna Leary, with your name, location of seminar, date you attended and request that your
name be added to the database.

VERIFY SAFETY AT SEA SEMINAR ATTENDANCE

Note - If you do not find your name in this database and expected to find it, please write
Donna Leary, with your name, location of seminar, date you attended and request that your
name be added to the database.