Safety at Sea

From the basics to 2 new hands-on courses added for experienced boaters OLD SAYBROOK, Conn., May, 6, 2025 – Recreational boaters are beginning to return to the waters of Long Island Sound. Are they prepared? Maybe they know their docking skills aren’t the best – a basic need for boating but a spectator sport for many. Or perhaps they want more confidence while handling the Sound’s choppy waters. In Old Saybrook, Coastal Maritime Training in partnership with…

As part of their ongoing effort to make every boater a safe boater, our friends at United States Power Squadron District 3 (Long Island) are offering several classes in the coming weeks. USPS® District 3 is a regional unit of the United States Power Squadrons® – America’s Boating Club®, which includes local squadrons across Long Island. The United States Power Squadrons is the premier boating organization dedicated to “Safe Boating through Education” since 1914. District 3 web site: www.WeBoatSafe.org USPS…

BRISTOL, RI (January 28, 2022) — Each year the US Sailing Safety Equipment Requirements committee, comprising sailors from across the US, considers possible changes to the Requirements and proposes appropriate changes for final approval by the Safety at Sea Committee, the Offshore Committee, and the US Sailing Board of Directors. The 2022 changes are now available to the US Sailing community.   The latest changes include additions to the monohull and multihull categories. The monohull addition includes the requirement…

By Richard du Moulin, Storm Trysail Club For the past thirty years, leading sailing organizations like the U.S. Naval Academy, US Sailing, Seattle Sailing Foundation, Cruising Club of America and the Storm Trysail Club have developed best practices to maneuver back to and attempt to recover a man overboard (MOB). The Storm Trysail video, “Safety-At-Sea: Man Overboard Recovery”(available on Facebook and YouTube), is probably the best video production of MOB practices, combining footage from on-the-boat, off-the-boat, drone, and…