JUNIOR SAFETY-AT-SEA |
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The
Jamie Boeckel Memorial Foundation was established in 2002 shortly
after the sudden and tragic death of Jamie in a yacht racing accident
while performing bowman duties aboard Blue Yankee on Long Island
Sound. The mission of the fund is to preserve Jamie's memory through
various charitable endeavors that reflect his adventurous and generous
spirit. |
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The Storm Trysail Club Safety-At-Sea Dates:
STC hosted its first Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminar in 1997 at Larchmont Yacht Club, where the STC has its home office. This event resulted in one documented life saved -- of a junior girl who fell overboard during a race on Long Island Sound. The ninth seminar in 2005, with significant support from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, attracted a record 220 sailors, ages 14-17, with 50 coaches on 25 borrowed boats ranging from 34 to 45 feet. "The Storm Trysail Club's highest priority is to introduce junior sailors to big boat sailing in a fun and safe manner," said STC Commodore and Larchmont Yacht Club member Richard du Moulin. "As much as they need to understand the basics of sailboat racing in order to be successful, junior sailors also must know safety at sea to be responsible stewards of our sport," This is the fundamental premise behind the club's Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminars, which have been praised as "uniquely resourceful and extremely educational." Onshore activities include morning presentations covering safety procedures, particularly man overboard recovery, and big-boat organization and crew work. Juniors witness (and volunteer for) an in-the-water demonstration of inflatable PFDs and the inflation of a six-man canopied life raft, courtesy of Landfall Navigation, and then spend the afternoon practicing sail handling and performing man overboard drills both upwind with jibs and downwind with spinnakers. The Chesapeake Bay Station of Storm Trysail also has been hosting Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminars for seven years, partnering with the U.S. Naval Academy. For 2006, all of the STC's junior seminars will be supported by the Jamie Boeckel Foundation. |
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