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SUMMARY:Coastal Personal Survival Course (CPSC)\, Saturday February 28\, 2026 at Sidney North Saanich YC
LOCATION:Clubhouse\, Main Floor\, 1949 Marina Way\, North Saanich\, BC
DESCRIPTION:The Coastal Personal Survival Course is intended for\n  sailors who are participating in World Sailing Offshore Special\n  Regulations (OSR) Category 3-4 and/or US SER Coastal Category passages\n  or events such as the Southern Straits Race\, Patos Island Race\, and\n  Swiftsure Race.  The seminar includes both classroom and practical\n  sessions and is Sail Canada approved. \nCoastal Personal Survival Course topics include a review of\n  required/recommended safety equipment\, preparing heavy weather sails\,\n  obtaining and interpreting local weather forecasts\, hypothermia and\n  cold water immersion\, crew overboard\, emergency signals and communications.  \nParticipants are required to bring to the course the personal safety\n  gear that they intend to use in the Southern Straits Race\, Patos\n  Island Race\, Swiftsure Race\, or a similar overnight\, near-coastal\n  passage or event.  This should include a suitable PFD\, safety harness\,\n  tether\, and personal MOB light.  Wet weather gear and warm clothing is\n  strongly recommended for the outdoor practicals.  \n- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n  - - -\nPrice includes course participation\, refreshments and lunch\, and upon\n  successful completion a course certificate valid for five years. \nRegistrations are cancellable and refundable\, less a 20%\n  administration fee\, until 7 calendar days prior to the training start date. \nTo be valid\, cancellation and refund requests must be delivered by\n  email to sas@bcsailing.bc.ca and\n  receipt acknowledged within the required time frame.  \nFor the benefit of participants and event organizing authorities\, BC Sailing and Sail Canada may maintain a\n  publicly-searchable database listing participant names\, certificate\n  numbers and certificate expiry dates. \n- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n  - - - \nThe Coastal Personal Survival Course does not include pool\n  sessions or life raft training\, and does not meet the World Sailing\n  requirements for OSR Category 0-1-2 offshore and oceanic races such as\n  the Van Isle 360\, Vic-Maui\, Pacific Cup\, Transpac\, etc.  To choose the\n  right training\, please visit this Personal\n    Survival Training Introduction.  \n \n 
PRIORITY:3
LANGUAGE:EN
ATTENDEE;CN=sas@bcsailing.bc.ca:mailto:sas@bcsailing.bc.ca
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260228T074500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260228T170000
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