Course Overview:
Deal swiftly and competently with crew overboard situations. CCA's Practice on your Own Boat is a safe, structured program to let you and your crew develop and fine-tune the necessary skills to retrieve a person in the water safely. The program consists of pre-dockout briefings and guided on-water exercises designed by highly experienced members of the CCA. Using your own boat, you can iron out any particular needs or quirks your own boat may have.
This course is designed to assist boat owners, especially cruising couples or shorthanded sailors, in practicing Man Overboard techniques on their own boats. Attendees will find that despite having studied the subject and attended Safety at Sea courses, they are not prepared for the actual emergency until they have practiced MOB recovery on their own boats. The course requires your boat, your crew, and commitment of much of a day.
Course Size and Needed Resources:
- Two to four boats demonstrating with double handed crews.
- Ideally a variety of vessel size and rigging.
- One to two on-shore CCA hosts/presenters/coaches.
- Dock space for all participating boats
- 1 chase boat with CCA coach and at least one observer/note taker
- 1 recovery dummy - OSCAR
- LifeSling gear on each boat.
- Prerequisite handouts to be circulated prior
- Provisions established for lunch/rest rooms, etc.
See the full curriculum below.