US Sailing Sanctioned International Offshore Safety at Sea Hands-on ONLY
2019-06-23
Observations Regarding Selection and Installation of Masthead VHF whip antennas
Stan Honey and Don Jowett offer some detailed advice on the selection, installation, and testing of masthead antennas for VHF and AIS
International Offshore Safety at Sea with Hands-on Training March 17, 2019
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This is the US Sailing-sanctioned course that satisfies the World Sailing requirements and is required by many ocean races.
For a general course description, see this page. Details of the hands-on session are here.
Richard L. Bready Mount Hope Bay Sailing and Education Center at Roger Williams University, 1 Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809
Overboard Recovery: Avoiding Running Over the Victim
Typical MOB situations (dark, rough seas) may make maneuvering the rescuing vessel tricky. The development of the Lifesling and similar devices assists in recovering a person in the water without having to get dangerously close.