All Safety-At-Sea Videos now publically available

The full Safety-At-Sea Library is now publicly available for a limited time, so please enjoy, learn, and stay safe out there.

Creating a Culture of Safety and Collaboration

Storm Trysail Club collaborated on a new paper with the Cruising Club of America to make recommendations focusing on the leadership and preparedness of a vessel.

Another Look at MOB Recovery – New Ideas

Rich du Moulin published a great article on other approaches and insights to the Man Overboard Recovery in Windcheck Magazine.

Safety-At-Sea Video Series Free to the Public

Normally, reserved for our seminar participants only, the Storm Trysail Club is releasing a video each week for sailors to enjoy and learn while they are self-quarantining.

SUNY Safety at Sea Seminars Cancelled and BI Race Status undetermined

Health and safety are a top priority of the Storm Trysail Club and in the face of the evolving COVID-19 situation.

2020 Hands-On Safety-at-Sea Seminar Announced

The Storm Trysail Club to conduct a one-day Hands-On Safety-at-Sea Seminar on May 16, 2020

U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer, an instructor at our Safety at Sea Course, will Receive IMO Bravery Award

Petty Officer Michael W. Kelly (pictured), Aviation Survival Technician Second Class, of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Air Station Cape Cod has been selected to receive the 2019 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea.

Western Long Island Sound Sailor Puts Safety At Sea skills to use

“What I learned at the Storm Trysail Club’s Hands-On Safety at Sea Seminar turned out to be invaluable during this storm and the ensuing rescue.” Posted on July 18, 2019 – Courtesy of WindCheck Magazine

Jr. Safety at Sea Seminars held in Chicago

Twenty-four young sailors from throughout the Chicago are spent a day learning about big boat and offshore safety at a Stormy Trysail Foundation Junior Safety at Sea seminar held June 22, 2019 at the Jackson Park Yacht Club.

2019 Safety At Sea Seminar

The Storm Trysail Foundation’s 2019 Hands-on Safety-at-Sea Seminar Strives To Teach Safe Sailing

SUNY Safety at Sea Wrap Up

The seminar had over 260 attendees along with 50 plus boat owners, guest speakers, coaches and volunteers.

Lakewood Yacht Club SAS Seminar

When Commodores get a bright idea, run for the hills. This is difficult near Houston where there are no hills, so the work fell to Storm Trysail members Chris and Karen Lewis of Houston – owners of the faster-than-Vamp J/44 Kenai – and highly (hardly) paid SAS moderator Rich du Moulin. Weak humor aside, this […]

2018 Hands-on Safety-at-Sea Seminar sanctioned by US Sailing – Bigger and Better

The Storm Trysail Club Foundation will be hosting its annual US Sailing Sanctioned Hands-On Safety-at-Sea Seminar on Saturday May 19, 2018, at SUNY Maritime College in the Bronx, New York. Following on the success of the 2017 program, the 2018 Seminar will again offer two instructional tracks: Level 100 for new participants and Level 200 […]

Promoting Entrées on the Adult Menu

Youth getting hands on offshore equipment training on Dave Irish’s No Surprise. It’s not so much thinking out of the box; it’s realizing that we built the box and that we must climb out of it. That’s the scenario with introducing young people to keelboat sailing. The growth of organized youth sailing in the USA […]

Over 200 Junior Sailors Learn Offshore Techniques At The Storm Trysail Foundation’s Junior Safety At Sea Seminar At Larchmont Yacht Club

Larchmont, N.Y. July 21, 2017 — Storm Trysail’s 21st Larchmont Junior Safety at Sea Seminar set a new standard for our seminars.  Total attendance of juniors and their instructors totaled approximately 215.  Twenty boats ranging from a J/92 Thin Man to the Sydney 43 Christopher Dragon and Nielsen 46 Froya experienced a great sailing day, light northerlies in the morning and 12-18 […]

2017 Junior Safety at Sea Schedule Has Been Posted

Our Safety at Sea Seminars are a unique opportunity for junior sailors to experience the thrill of big boat sailing while simultaneously being introduced to the important safety practices that could save a life out on the water.

2017 Hands-on Safety-at-Sea Seminar – Bigger and Better

The Storm Trysail Club, with the support of the Storm Trysail Foundation, will be hosting our fourth Hands-On Safety-at-Sea Seminar on May 20, 2017, at the campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College at Fort Schuyler in the Bronx, New York. According to Event Chairman Charles “Butch” Ulmer, “The popular format […]

Juniors Learn Big Boat Safety and Skills in Annapolis Safety at Sea

As the first week of summer program sailing started throughout the region, 18 students from throughout the Chesapeake and as far away as New York came to Annapolis YC to learn about Big Boat safety and skills at the Junior Safety at Sea Seminar, conducted by members of the Chesapeake Station of the Storm Trysail […]