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Coastal Personal Survival Course (CPSC), Saturday March 22, 2025 at West Vancouver YC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Coastal Personal Survival Course is a 1 day course for experienced sailors who are participating in World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations (OSR) Category 3-4 and/or US SER Coastal Category passages or events such as the Southern Straits Race, Patos Island Race, and Swiftsure Race. The course includes both classroom and practical sessions and is Sail Canada approved. Coastal Personal Survival Course topics include a review of required/recommended safety equipment, preparing heavy weather sails, obtaining and interpreting local weather forecasts, hypothermia and cold water immersion, crew overboard, emergency signals and communications. Participants are required to bring to the course the personal safety gear that they intend to use in the Southern Straits Race, Patos Island Race, Swiftsure Race, or a similar overnight, near-coastal race or passage. This should include a suitable PFD, safety harness, tether, and personal MOB light. Wet weather gear, boating footwear and warm clothing are required for the outdoor practicals. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Price includes course participation, refreshments and lunches, and upon successful completion a course certificate valid for five years. Registrations are cancellable and refundable, less a 25% administration fee, until 7 calendar days prior to the training start date. To be valid, cancellation and refund requests must be delivered by email to sas@bcsailing.bc.ca and receipt acknowledged within the required time frame. For the benefit of participants and event organizing authorities, BC Sailing and Sail Canada may maintain a publicly-searchable database listing participant names, certificate numbers and certificate expiry dates. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Coastal Personal Survival Course does not include pool sessions or life raft training, and does not meet the World Sailing requirements for OSR Category 0-1-2 offshore and oceanic races such as the Van Isle 360, Vic-Maui, Pacific Cup, Transpac, etc. To choose the right training, please visit Personal Survival Training Introduction. |
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