- Course ID: Y720
- Discipline: Yachting
- Level: Competent Crew
Women and men approach a physical activity such as sailing in totally different ways. This course is for women. It is about empowering you to create a safe sailing enviroment for you, the men in your life and your children. SailCork’s instructors and water safety experts will teach you how to recover a person from the water into a yacht using technique rather than strength.
| Length of Course | Half day or evening |
| Equipment Included | The Boat has full safety equipment, all nav. aids and powerful engines. The safety equipment includes lifejackets and harnesses for each crew member. Waterproofs are available on request. |
| Syllabus | Introduction to yacht safety equipment. Making a VHF distress or urgency call. Returning a yacht to a man overboard. Recovering a man overboard back into the boat. Bringing a boat and crew ashore safely. |
| Pre Course | Read Safety On The Water booklet - 'Sailing Sea Safety Guidelines' available on www.safetyonthewater.ie. Check out Irish Sailing Association's WOW (Women on the Water) scheme at www.sailing.ie/wow |
