One of the requirements for participating in an offshore regatta is that a certain number of crewmembers need a certificate from a recent "ISAF Safety at Sea" training. While the requirements are a bit much for a typical BVI sail or charter trip, some of the stuff in the course can be quite helpful and it is both challenging and a lot of fun.

I did my refresher last month in Germany, at a naval base. We got to practice plugging leaks in a simulation chamber (luckily the water was sweet and warm), then went to a big fire hall to put out fires and the toughest session was a half day in a wave pool with liferafts and lifevests.

Since I'm still two weeks away from returning to the BVI for sailing and the weather outside today is miserable, I ended up downloading a trial edition of Adobe's video editing software (Premiere Pro CC) and put together a video with a mix of pictures and video and uploaded it to YouTube.

Click on the picture to open up the Youtube video: