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Emergency Procedures

Salty Sailing in Cowes runs a two-day Emergency Procedures course costing £450 (including accommodation on board and lunch). This is suitable for cruising sailors and yacht owners as well as offshore racing crews. www.saltysailing.co.uk

RYA Sea Survival

This is the fundamental one-day course run by numerous Rya-accredited providers around the UK. It involves theoretical and practical training in liferaft use and survival techniques conducted in a pool.

Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats

Previously called the Advanced Sea Survival Course, this three-day course is part of the training for the MC Officer of the Watch qualification. A number of training centres run a variation of the course designed for vessels that are not equipped with davit launched lifeboats, including superyachts. www.uksa.org and other providers

Bespoke training

Ocean Safety can equip your yacht with suitable safety equipment for how you sail and at additional cost provide bespoke sea survival training on how to get the most out of it. Ocean Safety delivered the training for the Volvo Ocean Race crews at the Marine and Offshore Training Centre in South Shields, which included liferaft and sea survival training in an ‘environmental’ pool complete with realistic waves, wind, spray, darkness and rain. www.oceansafety.com

Offshore Personal Survival

Many of the elements of the Volvo Ocean Race training are included in the Rya/world Sailing Offshore Personal Survival Course, a two-day course designed for offshore racing and a prerequisite for a percentage of crew in RORC races such as the Fastnet.