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Yachting Australia Safety & Survival
at Sea
The hands-on offshore training course developed by
Yachting Australia for competitors in Category 1 races.
Highly recommended for
sailors in Category 2 events,
offshore cruising,
boat owners and anyone aspiring to offshore sailing.
Conducted by
Chris Matthews,
Principal avid offshore sailor.
A requirement for 50% of
offshore racing crews but recommended
for 100%. This course will focus your mind on safety and will
make you a better sailor.
The course
is taken mostly by those with offshore sailing
experience but is suitable for rookie
sailors. Includes 12 hours of theory, a practical
life raft drill, course notes, AMSA text, exam and
certificate.
Course Content
- care and maintenance of
safety equipment
- liferafts
- storm sails
- fire precautions and fire
fighting
- damage control and repair
- heavy weather - crew
routines, boat handling, drogues
- man overboard prevention
and recovery
- giving assistance to
other craft
- hypothermia
- Search and Rescue systems
- using communications
equipment (VHF, GMDSS, satcoms etc.)
- weather forecasting
- pyrotechnics – flares
As a member of the
Australian Offshore racing community, Chris Matthews strives
to provide his fellow sailors with a practical and flexible
course - at a reasonable price.
Testimonial: per Henry
Harding:
"I would like
to thank Chris for the Safety and Survival at Sea Course.
It was informative because he added his significant personal
experience to the theory classes, which resulted in a very
practical course. I had done many miles offshore
before the course, not realising how little I knew about
survival. Chris has increased my knowledge and
confidence to deal with the extreme conditions we hope to
never face. I would recommend this course
conducted by Chris Matthews to anybody going offshore."
Dates:
Please ask every couple of months - minimum group is 8.
Cost:
$450 per person
Groups:
Please ask for a quote
Format:
Weekend, two days, 8am to 6pm
Inclusions:
Course notes, exam, certificate, drills
Location:
Theory & Practical at Warringah Aquatic Centre, Frenchs Forest
Revalidation
course
The SSSC is
valid for 5 years. You may opt for the 1 day
revalidation course but prior to the expiry of your
course. Yachting Australia has issued certain criteria
with which you must comply prior to registering for the
revalidation course.
The following must be
available for production prior to enrolment:
-
A current Sea Safety
Certificate (not an expired one!)
-
A validated personal log book
showing:
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at least 2500 offshore
nautical miles in the previous five years,
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OR 5 Category One races
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OR 8 Category Two races.
Yachting Australia has
determined that if you don’t meet the above sea miles you will
have to redo the full two day course. If you obtained your
certificate initially by the RPL process and you don’t meet
the above sea experience criteria, you must do the full
course.
Your log book is required to be
validated by the yacht owner or skipper. If the miles are
gained through racing it is expected that Race Crew Lists will
support the log book entries. Log books will need to be
submitted prior to enrolment.
The duration of the
revalidation course is eight hours and consists of
workshop sessions covering:
-
safety management procedures for small craft
(standard operating procedures);
-
management of Emergencies (Emergency
Procedures);
-
emergency Communications (GMDSS update);
-
yacht Safety Equipment (what works and what
doesn’t);
-
ISAF Special Equipment
Regulations 2005-8 (Equipment required);
-
practical Flare Drill;
-
launch, enter, re-right
and survive in a life raft (ten
competencies);
-
practical
use of personal survival equipment
such as harnesses,
tethers, PFD1s,
strobes, EPIRBs, SARTs, mini flares and TPAs.
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running a course in the near future we do have trusted
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