RYA/World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival Course
Formally known as the RYA/ISAF Offshore Safety Course the RYA/World Offshore Personal Survival Course satisfies the training required by RYA/World Sailing Offshore Special Regulation 6.01 for category 0, 1 and some category 2 offshore races. We run our courses in London and Southampton.
The Course
We offer the RYA/World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival Course on Zoom or in the classroom in London and Southampton.
For Zoom You can see the instructor, ask him questions, see your fellow students, see the whiteboard and any slides the instructor shows. It's just like being in the classroom apart from you are sat in the comfort of your own home. Click the dates and availability button for more details.
The aim of the 1 day RYA/World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival Course is to provide skippers and crews of yachts taking part in offshore races with the necessary skills and knowledge to deal with an emergency. The course will give you a good knowledge of the safety equipment carried on small boats and the seamanship techniques needed to survive at sea in heavy weather.
To get the RYA/World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival Course qualification you must do this Personal Survival course and the RYA Sea Survival Course. The two courses may be taken in any order. If you have attended the RYA Sea Survival Course within the last five years then you need only attend this RYA/World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival Course.
The certificate awarded conforms with the eligibility requirements of section 6.01 of the World Sailing Special Regulations for Category 0, 1 and some category 2 offshore races.
Looking for the Sea Survival course? RYA Sea Survival Course
About This Course
The course is all classroom or Zoom based. Classroom courses take place either in London or Southampton.
This course is a prerequisite for a percentage of the crew competing in events such as the Rolex Fastnet Race that takes place every 2 years and the Rolex Sydney Hobart race.
Certification: To receive the certificate we must either know that First Class Sailing have trained you in Sea Survival in the last 5 years or you must provide us with a copy of your Sea Survival Certificate from elsewhere.
Start/Finish Times
The course starts at 10am and ends at 5pm.
The RYA/World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival:
- Care and maintenance of safety equipment
- Storm sails
- Damage control
- Crew routines
- Man overboard
- Prevention and recovery
- Giving assistance to other craft
- Search and Rescue organisation and methods
- Practical fire precautions and fire fighting
- Distress alerting
Paper and pen.
What did you like most about about your course? Well-defined and beautifully balanced act between people, didactics and technology. Combo is rarely achieved successfully but it hits the bull's eye! How would you rate the support you received during your course on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being very poor and 5 being excellent? 5 no doubt. From the first feedback onwards it's guaranteed you are not alone! I like the way anecdotes and facts are sprinkled occasionally alongside the syllabus, like recent ship wrecks in the Channel, etc. This certainly makes reading more interesting as text books tend to be somewhat drier. Please use any occasion to exploit that approach. That enriches the reader immensely as it is first-hand knowledge in its purest form, and that is certainly difficult to obtain anywhere else. Well done."
LJ"The Instructor was an excellent coach and really took the time with our class to ensure we all understood all aspects of the course. He was patient and prepared to take the time to ensure we all had the best knowledge transferred to us. He was an excellent instructor and had a significant amount of detailed knowledge that was most helpful to me and the rest of the class. He is passionate and fully committed to his work and goes above and beyond to ensure you are capable and have a really enjoyable experience learning with him. First Class Sailing are well organised and the logistics, course material and facilities were all top notch "
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