The Storm Trysail Foundation will conduct its one-day, US Sailing sanctioned Hands-on-Safety-at-Sea Seminar on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at SUNY Maritime College in the Bronx. 

Building on the success of past seminars, this event will follow an interactive curriculum where attendees fire distress flares, put out fires, learn damage control, set storm sails, and rescue a man overboard among other activities.

The seminar will be supplemented by Storm Trysail's educational Safety-at-Sea Video Library produced by long-time Storm Trysail member Gary Jobson.  This Video Library covers a broad range of safety-at-sea subjects and will be available to attendees online prior to the seminar as part of their fee.

By attending the seminar and viewing the Video Library, sailors will earn a US Sailing Safety-at-Sea Certificate. Attendees can opt to earn a World Sailing Safety-at-Sea Certificate by viewing supplemental US Sailing instructional videos and completing the associated quizzes.

Responding to sailor requests for additional training, this year's seminar will also offer a new advanced program (Level 200) open to sailors who have previously attended a Storm Trysail Seminar (limit 48). Besides participating in the opening and closing sessions, Level 200 participants will spend half of the day on the water and half receiving classroom instruction.  The extended time on the water will allow for one-on-one instruction and introducing new safety techniques including abandoning ship and steering without a rudder.  The Level 200 classroom sessions will include interactive round table discussions and sessions on topics such as emergency communications briefings and helo evacuation.

Attendance a the seminar is limited to 300 people and is open to both racers and cruisers.  The admissions fee is $295 and includes breakfast pastries and coffee, lunch and afternoon snacks and refreshments.  World Sailing Certification will cost an additional $75 which Storm Trysail will collect and pay on your behalf to US Sailing.

Best regards,

Rich du Moulin, Chairman
Safety at Sea Seminar

The 2020 Curriculum Includes:

• On the water session with man overboard recovery, setting storm sails & emergency steering
• Pool session with PFD, life raft use and combating hypothermia
• Firefighting instruction, use of flares and pyrotechnics
• Emergency communications
• Damage control, emergency medical treatment
• and much more 

Seminar Details:

• Saturday, May 16, 2020
• SUNY Maritime Campus, 6 Pennyfield Avenue, Bronx, NY 10465 

Payment Information:

• Credit Cards Accepted
• PayPal is preferred
• Payment is DUE IN FULL