at 9.30 pm at the Molo Audace exercise with the firing of hand-held fires and rockets included in the safety equipment in recreational navigation, carried out by two units of the Port Authority of Trieste
Going to sea safely leads to having a very in-depth wealth of technical and scientific knowledge and direct contact with nature with its sudden changes implies a continuous updating of the meteorological situation: two aspects that can be underestimated by the yachtsman, leading to a increased risks that could lead to very serious consequences.
This is why the Italian Sailing Federation Committee XIII Friuli Venezia Giulia Zone has decided to organize a conference, followed by a demonstration part in the water, with the theme “Safety at sea and recreational sailing”. The speakers belong to the institutions that have among their objectives also include the issue of safety at sea, such as the Port Authority of Trieste, Arpa Friuli Venezia Giulia and Accademia Barcolana. The conference will take place on Tuesday 7 May in Trieste and is included in the “A Light Always On” exhibition in the Luttazzi Room at Magazzino 26 in Porto Vecchio and will be followed by a practical demonstration with rocket firing at known distances, visible from the head of the Pier Audace.An event aimed at all citizens, shipowners and yachtsmen, who wish to inform themselves and be updated on safety at sea. The program, starting at 6.30 pm, will take place with the interventions of the Port Authority of Trieste in the persons of the Frigate Captain Giovanni Baici and the Captain of the Vessel Diego Tomat: the first will explain the regulations and good practices in pleasure sailing , the second the Coast Guard intervention procedures. Dr. Arturo Picillo of Arpa Friuli Venezia Giulia will follow and focus his speech on weather forecasts in the northern Adriatic, types of storms, statistical and climatic notes on storms, storm forecasting with direct observation of meteorological phenomena.
Finally, at the end of the conference, World Sailing (International Sailing Federation) teacher Leandro Visentin at the Barcolana Academy will illustrate the safety equipment used on offshore regattas and give some advice on survival at sea. A detailed succession of valuable topics for your safety on a sailing boat and that of your crew. It will not only be a theoretical moment, but also a practical demonstration: at 9.30 pm in fact from the head of the Molo Audace it will be possible to watch the exercise with the firing of hand fires and rockets foreseen by the safety equipment in recreational navigation, carried out by two units of the Port Authority of Trieste, at distances known by the observers. “I invite all shipowners and sailors, but also citizens to attend this conference, which puts safety at sea in the foreground, never to be underestimated, especially in a period in which meteorological phenomena become increasingly sudden and violent. I thank the municipal institutions, the Port Authority of Trieste, the Arpa Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Barcolana Academy for having agreed to collaborate, participating with high-profile speakers in this conference, which especially in Trieste affects many citizens and many members and affiliates of the Italian Sailing Federation” – declared the President of the XIII Zone of the Italian Sailing Federation of Friuli Venezia Giulia Adriano Filippi, who together with the Zone Committee is the promoter of the event.
