POOLE HARBOUR SEA SURVIVAL - RYA COURSE OVERVIEWS
RYA/ MCA SEA SURVIVAL COURSE
This comprehensive 1 day Sea Survival Course will give you the essential practical skills and theoretical knowledge to react effectively to an emergency abandonment with or without a liferaft. Includes an invaluable practical session in a swimming pool. The course covers:
- Liferafts types and emergency packs
- Lifejackets, flares and emergency beacons
- Hypothermia and survival first aid
- Practical: abandonment, individual and group entry
- Practical: righting a capsized raft
- Practical; survival techniques without a liferaft
- Rescue techniques... more info
RYA GMDSS VHF/ SHORT RANGE CERTIFICATE (SRC) RADIO COURSE
This thorough 1 day course, covers all aspects of the RYA and MCA syllabus. It will enable you to become a competent communicator in all GMDSS VHF/DSC procedures. The course covers:
- VHF voice procedures
- Distress, urgency, safety and routine messages
- Radio requirements and regulations
- Navtex, EPIRBS and SARTs
- Practical sessions on Digital Selective Controller (DSC) radio simulator and voice training equipment... more info
RYA FIRST AID COURSE
The RYA first aid course is designed to give those afloat, a working knowledge of first aid procedures for injuries and illness. Ideal for use inland waterways or up to 60 miles offshore. You may be the vital link between the casualty and professional help. The course covers:
- CPR, choking and the recovery position
- Head injury and unconsciousness
- Bleeding and burns
- Injury and illness
- Hypothermia and heat injuries
- First aid kits
- Rescue... more info
RYA ISAF
This 2 day Offshore Sea Survival Course was developed following the report into the 1998 Sydney Hobart Race, where tragically 6 lives were lost. The aim is to provide training for skippers and crews who may encounter rough weather and problems at sea, and covers the requirements of the ISAF Special Regulations G. The Offshore Special Regulations strongly recommend that all crew members should undertake personal survival training at least once every 5 years. To meet the current regulations at least 30% of a crew including the skipper shall have undertaken training within 5 years before the start of the race.
For the Fastnet Race at least two people on each yacht should have completed a First Aid Course, and at least 50% of the crew should receive Training or Instruction in the use of Liferafts. In the case of Two Handed entries both crew members must complete first aid and liferaft training... more info