PRepare to sail safely in the baltics

A safety inspection brief will be held by ORC Chief Measurer Zoran Grubisa one month before the event. Please see notice of race for required safety measures during the race.

THE OFFSHORE SPECIAL REGULATIONS SECTION 6 – TRAINING

Please note and be prepared to submit a certification for appropriate training upon entry or at latest two weeks before the race start. To be certified upon the topics described in the Offshore Special Regulations training section 6, a World Sailing audited Personal Safety Course is recommended.

6.01.3 When there are only two crewmembers, at least one shall have undertaken training within the five years before the start of the race in OSR 6.02 Training Topics.

6.01.5 A refresher course may be taken to renew a certificate if the refresher course is completed within 2 years of the expiration of the individual’s most recent Offshore Personal Survival Course certificate.

6.02 Training Topics

6.02.1 Giving Assistance to Other Craft
6.02.2 Personal Safety Gear, theory and practice
6.02.3 Care and Maintenance of Safety Gear
6.02.4 Fire Precautions and Firefighting, theory and practical
6.02.5 Crew Overboard Prevention and Recovery
6.02.6 Hypothermia, Cold Shock and Drowning
6.02.7 Crew Health
6.02.8 Marine Weather
6.02.9 Heavy Weather
6.02.10 Storm Sails
6.02.11 Damage Control
6.02.12 Search and Rescue Organisation
6.02.13 Pyrotechnics and Signalling Gear, theory and practical
6.02.14 Emergency Communications, theory and practical
6.02.15 Liferafts and Abandon Ship, theory and practical

6.05.3 At least two crewmembers shall be familiar with First Aid procedures, hypothermia, drowning, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, and relevant communications systems.