RYA First Aid & ISAF Offshore Safety & Sea Survival

Required for the Round Ireland Yacht Race, ARC, Fastnet & Other Offshore Races

This course conforms to the requirements of ISAF Section 6.01 of the special regulations for category 0, 1 and some category 2 offshore races.

This course is a must for all who go to sea and you will find it such a useful course to do.

Paul Adamson your instructor has over 170,000 miles of offshore experience and he imparts his knowledge in the most fun and enthusiastic style!

The course emcompasses the RYA First Aid course, ISAF Offshore Safety Course & RYA Sea Survival course.

Cruising / Racing is one of the safest leisure sporting activities, and 99.9% of those afloat will never use their liferaft of have to deal with an emergency at sea.

However, if you are part of the unlucky 0.1% your chances of survival will be greatly increased if you understand how to use the equipment and how to help yourself.

It is a well-proven fact that, in the event of an emergency at sea, people with training are more likely to survive.

An important part of the course is a practical session in a swimming pool. Experience first hand the problems of entering an uncooperative liferaft and assisting others while fully kitted out in wet weather gear and a lifejacket.

Course topics include:

liferafts and the equipment they contain

survival techniques

the design of lifejackets

medical aspects of sea survival

search and rescue techniques

seamanship and emergencies

heavy weather tactics

weather forecasting

fire fighting

man overboard recovery

COURSE FEE €295