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Feb 28, 20181 min read
Rick Petersen, Alaska Boating Educator of the Year
AMSEA Training Coordinator Rick Petersen has been named Boating Educator of the Year for the State of Alaska by the Alaska Boating Safety...


Feb 12, 20182 min read
New AMSEA Instructors!
Jerry Dzugan and Mike Heryla wrapped up a Marine Safety Instructor Training (MSIT) workshop in Seattle last Saturday. Hosted by partner...


Feb 9, 20185 min read
It's Time to Inspect Your Immersion Suit!
Your immersion suit is a bit like a parachute. When aviators are forced to "bail out", they rely on their parachutes to get them to the...


Feb 5, 20182 min read
PFDs That Work
AMSEA instructor, Beverly Noll, called this morning with the sad news that a fisherman was lost overboard off the coast of Northern...


Feb 5, 20181 min read
PFDs Just Helped Save Two Commercial Fishermen in the Bering Sea
Why are these guys smiling? Maybe because they know that the PFDs they are wearing just might save their lives. Photo credit: Ted...


Feb 2, 20183 min read
About Those “Rules of the Road”
The article below was first published in AMSEA’s quarterly newsletter, Marine Safety Updates, in Autumn of 2009. It discusses some...