One- and two-day SAS classes are being given at Encinal YC May 14 – 15. One needs to have taken this class within the last 5 years to compete in many offshore and coastal events.
Full details here:
https://pacificcup.org/16/sas-encinal
Category Archives: safety
Fire Safety
SHTP vet and fire safety professional Steve Hodges gave a very good talk at the SH Farallones awards meeting this past Wednesday. A copy of his slides is here: Yacht Fire Safety. 
Now, what is the proper method to contain a flaming tiki drink?
Emergency Rudder Show ‘n’ Tell
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What: Show and Tell of Emergency Rudder options for offshore sailing (LongPac, SHTP, etc. )
Who: Several SHTP vets will be show and demo their emergency rudders of various types (cassette, pintle/gudgeon, sweep, etc.)
When: Saturday 16 May 2015, beginning 1000
Where: Richmond Yacht Club, vicinity of docks D & E
You can discuss e-rudders in the Forum thread here.
You can do a lot of preparatory reading about e-rudders in our Resources area here.
Specifically:
- A compendium of self steering and e-rudder advice
- Paul Kamen Soft Emergency Rudder
Aloha
SSS to sponsor SAS
Safety at Sea Seminar
Sponsored by the
Singlehanded Sailing Society
Steve Hodges on Frolic at the start of the 2014 Singlehanded Transpac. Photo by Jackie Philpott
Encinal Yacht Club, Alameda
Sunday March 1, 2015 8:30 am – 12:30
Satisfies NCORC, OYRA, SSS, and Long Pac Safety at Sea Seminar Requirements
Speakers: Jim Quanci refers to himself as “a repeat offender”, having raced to Hawaii too many times to keep count. Strangely, he loves the sail home too. He has served as Commodore of the Pacific Cup Yacht Club as well as the Singlehanded Sailing Society; Michael Moradzadeh is a seven-time Pac Cup veteran, board member, and PCYC Commodore 2010; Chuck Hawley is a nationally known speaker on marine safety, and Chair of the US Sailing Safety at Sea Committee.Sign-up via SSS website: sfbaysss.org/main/sas
Click here for .pdf poster version of this announcement