CQBHA training – Lifejackets & Flares (@0930am) - General

The Lifejacket and flares session is a great way to either learn new skills about your lifejackets and the flares that you carry or to experience them for the first time. Suits those from salty old seadogs to those new to boating – both sail and power!

We have run this session for all of the years that we have been running the berthholders training and it remains a real favourite. The session suits all those at Cobbs Quay whether sailors or powerboaters and focusses on the checks that you should make each time you use a lifejacket, how to fit the lifejacket properly and what to do if you did ever fall into the water. We get one of you wearing a lifejacket then set it off so you can experience what it is like. We’d love you to bring your own lifejacket in too and we can have a look at this with you.

We will also look at flares and when and how to use them. There has been a fair amount of debate about whether its safe and right to carry flares so we’ll discuss this and then look at which flares to carry and how to set all of them off.

The session suits all ages and abilities so bring the kids along too!