At the 2010 Safety at Sea seminar at Cal Maritime Academy, over 170 participants were schooled on everything from firefighting to first aid, crew overboard to crew underfoot. A full day included flare demonstrations, a helicopter rescue (demo), and watching Director Bob Gray jump in the pool fully clothed and try to get into the raft.
He got in, but reports that it was not the most fun of experiences and urges all not to (a) fall off their boats or (b) need a liferaft.
No sooner had we pointed out that we were nearing our magical mark of 70 than
