Safety-at-Sea Seminar Reminder
on Tuesday March 23, 2010 08:03AM
The second annual Safety-at-Sea Seminar will be held this Saturday, March 27, at the yacht club. Registration for late comers, bagels and coffee will be available at the main clubhouse beginning at 8:15 a.m. The seminar will begin at 9:00 a.m. We have a very interesting program with a discussion on electronics presented by Kevin Fay of Marine Electronics of Hartfield. He will talk about AIS-Automatic Identification System, MMSI-Mobile Maritime Service Identity, EPIRB, FCC licensing, SSB HF communications and PROCTOR e-mail, Broadband Radar, Cell Phone and WiFi amplifiers and Gyrocompass. There will be an electronics display for hands on demonstration. Our Commodore Mayo Tabb will talk about electronic interfacing and Ted Bennett will talk about weather and weather sources offshore with live demonstrations. Tammy Johnson, nurse practitioner at Riverside Medical Center, will talk about practical applications of dealing with sickness and accidents at sea, including new techniques for CPR and defibrillator use. The Coast Guard will finish off the program with discussions of helicopter rescue and a live flare demonstration. I believe this will be a very interesting day. Please sign up as soon as possible so the food for lunch can be planned. The $10 fee covers lunch, drinks and handouts. Your "goodie" bag is worth more than $10 by itself. So sign up pronto.
Register at www.fbyc.net
Event Chair: Joe Schott (804) 776-6004 or hjschott@verizon.net