{"id":219,"date":"2010-03-15T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=219"},"modified":"2010-10-20T19:45:04","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T23:45:04","slug":"safety-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=219","title":{"rendered":"Safety at Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/S55HTtrgBHI\/AAAAAAAAB2M\/A9jB2kz3EmA\/s1600-h\/storm+3+14+10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/S55HTtrgBHI\/AAAAAAAAB2M\/A9jB2kz3EmA\/s320\/storm+3+14+10.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448871003170014322\" \/><\/a>St. Partick&#8217;s day weekend in Newport. The Safety At Sea Seminar also took place. The weather outside was some of the worst we have experienced in some time;sixty knots of wind and over 5 inches of rain.<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span> Personally the trellis I built blew over and broke in several places. It had with stood many storms and I had developed a false sense of security about it sturdiness. Nothing that can&#8217;t be repaired.<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>I am now certified for the next five years as far as US sailing is concerned. On sunday I was certified in CPR and First Aid.<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>There was some new gear exhibited. Of note was the clothing made by Ursuit.<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>Overall this was the best organized and best presented Safety at Sea Seminar I have ever attended.<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>Finally Peter Becker and Stan Schreyer were also being certified before they take off in IMOCA 60&#8217;s to set a record between New York and Barcelona.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/S55HTJ9jtxI\/AAAAAAAAB2E\/N0OgcAgDGXE\/s1600-h\/first+aid+3+14+10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/S55HTJ9jtxI\/AAAAAAAAB2E\/N0OgcAgDGXE\/s320\/first+aid+3+14+10.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448870993582077714\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/S55HSloS6BI\/AAAAAAAAB18\/tKdphg8MYm0\/s1600-h\/cca+-+3+13+10+at+22-09-45.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/S55HSloS6BI\/AAAAAAAAB18\/tKdphg8MYm0\/s320\/cca+-+3+13+10+at+22-09-45.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448870983829219346\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/S55HSFIhCiI\/AAAAAAAAB10\/mqjf9PxpYbI\/s1600-h\/cca+-+3+13+10+at+06-15-27.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/S55HSFIhCiI\/AAAAAAAAB10\/mqjf9PxpYbI\/s320\/cca+-+3+13+10+at+06-15-27.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448870975105993250\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/S55HRNWbvNI\/AAAAAAAAB1s\/lD7T6UPjRdk\/s1600-h\/cca+-+3+13+10+at+04-26-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/S55HRNWbvNI\/AAAAAAAAB1s\/lD7T6UPjRdk\/s320\/cca+-+3+13+10+at+04-26-02.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448870960131980498\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Partick&#8217;s day weekend in Newport. The Safety At Sea Seminar also took place. The weather outside was some of the worst we have experienced in some time;sixty knots of wind and over 5 inches of rain. Personally the trellis I built blew over and broke in several places. It had with stood many storms &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=219\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Safety at Sea<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,75,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bermuda-race","category-safety-at-sea","category-us-sailing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}