RYA sea survival

[Jonmendez]

That will be me teaching it! Personally think its the best course the RYA do.

 

[timgriffin]

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The tune of Baywatch is playing in my head as Lifeguard Dave is running along the beach /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Well lucky old you!! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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Think I may have nightmares /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[studgies]

Hmm

I thinks someone has been talking about me, grrrr

Insurance ....................

I'll sort that then /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Solitaire]

Feeling better then! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[powerskipper]

come on spill the beans, I bet you just love squirting them with cold hoses and seeing peeps trying to get into a life raft. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[studgies]

he'll squrt me wiv nuffink of the kind /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Ifraser]

I've recenlty completed the instructors course that I daresay Jon1M also used to teach...1.5 hours in Weymouth bay in a sea state 4 with 12 people in a 10 man raft was no laughing matter...and really brings home some of the reality of the situation.....I suppose thats why they do it. it'll certainly stay with me forever and be passed on to any courses that I teach... Iain

 

[Solitaire]

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he'll squrt me wiv nuffink of the kind /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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Then you'll have to remember to close the life raft door then /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[powerskipper]

I have been told its one of the hardest instructor course, but it is peeps lives you are trying to teach them to save. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[bilbobaggins]

Did the RYA course a few yars ago - but did several Mil Aircrew Sea Survival courses over a decade and a half. Much more involved. Much more likely to be needed at the time....

Try being towed in a parachute harness behing a Rescue Launch at 15-20 knots; try blowing up your single-seat liferaft by mouth 'cos the airbottle had failed to fire ( this is common ); try being left - a dozen of you - bobbing around in your s/s liferafts overnight, on the track of a NorthSea ferry into/out of an eastern port.

Here's a little tip for the real situation, that the RYA course may not mention - always take your personal lifeline into the dinghy with you, so you can stay attached to each other, and the liferaft. And consider carrying your own TPA ( Thermal Protection Aid ) in your kitbag/grab bag. They cost under £10, are mandatory fit on all UK lifeboats/RNLI boats/ and rescue helicopters - for they save lives. Maybe yours....? Or some sailboarding/dinghying kiddie with hypothermia....?

 

[studgies]

He's survived and I believe Solitaire may have some piccies for later

 

[powerskipper]

great, love to hear about it, so dry him off and put him on the computer please. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Oh better feed him too. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Solitaire]

Well, I hate to disappoint!! Here is a couple of him to be going on with! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Looking very relaxed!

Another one!

And again.

 

[studgies]

he he, looks like such fun!!

I will get him to put an updat eon later, just going out for dinner!

 

[Jonmendez]

Very rough in that pool! Was lovely and warm as well!! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[powerskipper]

I recognise another face in that pool too, how did he get on?

 

[powerskipper]

Did they pass ??????? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Jonmendez]

yep all passed, even with solitare being a heavy lump in the liferaft!

 

[Solitaire]

Surely you mean added ballast?? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[studgies]

yes Jim did mention the un moveable liferaft with the extra ballast!