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The CCA is pleased to share our training materials and other resources with those who have taken our safety at sea training as well as the general sailing public interested in keeping up with safety at sea practices and equipment.

Life Jackets, Tethers, & MOB

Choosing and Wearing

• CCA Life Jacket Lessons Learned
• CCA Life Jacket Article Series (Chuck Hawley):
  • Part 1 - So, what’s a life jacket supposed to do?
  • Part 2 - Creating buoyancy
  • Part 3 - What makes a good life jacket?
  • Part 4 - Classification systems for life jackets
  • Safety Moment: “I’ve Heard It All Before”
• (Video) PFD overview and consumer guide review (LRSE)
• (Video) Is your tether a death trap? (Side wall vs. flat plate, redundancy, and more) (John Schafer)

MAINTenance

• Inflatable Life Jacket Maintenance and Rearming (Chuck Hawley)
• (Video) How to test your Mustang PFD
• (Video) How to test your Spinlock PFD

AIS Beacons

• Search and Rescue Devices slide deck (LRSE)
• (Video) How to install AIS in your Mustang life jacket
• (Video) How to reprogram your AIS unit for DSC calls
• (Video) How to test your AIS unit

Man overboard

• (Video) Man Overboard Modules for your boat (LRSE)
• (Video) Practice MOB Recovery on Your Own Boat (CCA)

Fire

• USCG Fire Extinguisher Requirements for Recreational Vessels
• Boat Fire at a Marina Dock (Mark Lenci)

Flares

• Emergency Visual Signaling Devices (flares) (CCA/NYYC)

Flood Training

• SAS Hands-On Flood Training slide deck

Damage Control

Course resources

• Boat Preparation for Offshore Racing (Rives Potts)
• S/V Chasseur Operating Instructions (Michael Keyworth)
• Offshore Tool Box (pdf version) (web version)
• Ditch Kit (Storm Trysail Club)
• Damage Control Matrix (Storm Trysail Club)
• Seamanship, Leadership, and Safety-at-Sea Handbook (Storm Trysail Club)
• Skipper’s Pre-Departure Safety Briefing Checklist (CCA) (pdf version) (docx version)
• A Guide to Steering Without a Rudder (Michael Keyworth)

Additional resources

• New Safety Regulation Highlights Keel Security (Sally Honey)
• Abandon Ship Bag (Jim Woodward)

Communications

• CCA Coastal and Offshore Communications Guide
• Big Brother is NOT Watching You: When Comms Go Bad (Michael Moradzadeh)
• DSC Radio Check: Fast, Easy, and Automatic (Charles Starke)
• (Video) VHF DSC distress call demonstration (Mark Lenci)

Putting It All Together

• Handling Emergencies – The Captain’s Perspective (Mark Lenci)
• Lessons Learned from Alliance Sinking (Mark Lenci)
• Closing Session slide deck (Mark Lenci)

Safety Review Reports

• Alliance Inquiry Report (US Sailing/BROC/CCA) (See also Alliance Standing Plans (Eric Irwin and Mary Martin))
• Gunga Din Inquiry Report (US Sailing/BROC/CCA)
• Solution Inquiry Report (US Sailing/BROC/CCA)
• Technical Report on the Sinkings of Gunga Din and Alliance (US Sailing/BROC/CCA)
• Safety Moment: 2024 Sydney-Hobart Incidents Review (Chuck Hawley)