World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival

Course

In Southampton and Deptford

£ 155 VAT inc.

Description

  • Class hours

    8h

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • Start date

    28/02/2026
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This course was previousy called the RYA ISAF Offshore Safety Course, however a change of name by the global governing body for sailing led to a change of name for this course. It satisfies the training required by World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations (OSR) 6.01 and covers the topics listed in OSR 6.02 for category 0, 1 & 2 races (and category 3 if racing double handed). This training is a requirement for many offshore races including the ARC Race, RORC Fastnet, RORC Round Britain and Ireland, RORC Trans Atlantic Race, Sydney Hobart RORC Round Ireland Race and the Lonely Rock Race). This course has previoulsy been known as the RYA/ISAF Offshore Course, the ISAF Offshore Safety Course or the ISAF Offshore Race Crew Course. Please note that under the current Offshore Special Regulations, certain crew members are required to undergo separate First Aid training.

Facilities

Location

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Deptford (London)
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Ahoy Centre, Borthwick St, London SE8 3JY, SE8 3JY

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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Chieftain Training, 26 Compass House, Ensign Way, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton SO31 4RA, SO31 4RA

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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Chieftain Training, 26 Compass House, Ensign Way, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton SO31 4RA, SO31 4RA

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About this course

You must hold the RYA Sea Survival Certificate taken within the last five years. This one-day course and the Sea Survival day are often held consecutively so that you can complete all of the necessary training in two days (often over a weekend).

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Subjects

  • First Aid
  • Sailing
  • Survival
  • World Sailing
  • PST

Teachers and trainers (1)

Doug Innes

Doug Innes

Principal

Doug has been instating marine safety courses for three decades. He has worked at sea all of that time as a yacht skipper, race skipper, workboat Master and powerboat driver. He trains Instructors for the RYA and offers consultancy to new training providers

Course programme

This course was previousy called the RYA ISAF Offshore Safety Course, however a change of name by the global governing body for sailing led to a change of name for this course. It satisfies the training required by World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations (OSR) 6.01 and covers the topics listed in OSR 6.02 for category 0, 1 & 2 races (and category 3 if racing double handed). This training is a requirement for many offshore races including the ARC Race, RORC Fastnet, RORC Round Britain and Ireland, RORC Trans Atlantic Race, Sydney Hobart RORC Round Ireland Race and the Lonely Rock Race). This course has previoulsy been known as the RYA/ISAF Offshore Course, the ISAF Offshore Safety Course or the ISAF Offshore Race Crew Course. Please note that under the current Offshore Special Regulations, certain crew members are required to undergo separate First Aid training.

World Sailing Offshore Personal Survival

£ 155 VAT inc.