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RYA / ISAF Offshore Safety Course

A one-day RYA shorebased course for crews involved in racing yachts or sail cruising, providing an understanding of how to use the safety equipment on board your boat.

This course is especially useful for cruising and racing skippers together with their crews who expect to encounter heavy weather sailing. It conforms with the eligibility requirements of section 6.01 of the ISAF Special Regulations for category 0, 1 and some category 2 offshore races. You will also require the RYA Sea Survival Course to be awarded an ISAF certificate.

These regulations require a percentage of the crew to have taken personal survival training. Full details of the Special Regulations can be found in the ISAF website.

At the end of the course you will have a good knowledge of the safety equipment carried on small boats and the seamanship techniques needed to survive at sea in heavy weather. Although sailing is one of the safest leisure sporting activities and it is highly unlikely that you will ever need to board a liferaft your chances of survival in the event of an emergency will be greatly increased if you have received training in sea survival and offshore safety.

One day course

Our next ISAF course will be held on in April 2013

Course topics include:

Heavy weather seamanship
Use of safety equipment including storm sails
Damage limitation and crew safety including heavy weather seamanship and weather forecasting
Man overboard prevention and recovery
Giving assistance to other vessels in distress
Practical Fire Precautions and Fire Fighting
Emergencies procedures including distress alerts and use of personal location devices

These courses are non residential. Held on our barge at Gosport Marina.

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Duration	1 day You will also require RYA Sea Survival (1 day course) to receive the ISAF qualification	Maximum students : instructor	Gosport 10:
Location	Gosport	Minimum age	16
What’s included	Tea, coffee and biscuits	Extras	Lunch can be purchased locally or you can bring your own
When	All Year 0900hrs – 17.30hrs	Accommodation	Non residential although we may be able to provide accommodation on one of our yachts for £10.00 per night.
Let us know about	Any special requirements and needs	Cost	£110.00