Twenty-six Graduate from Basic Seamanship Course

A BASIC Seamanship course has further equipped 26 young people to provide services within the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard Service. A ceremony was held on Friday, July 19,2024, to award these participants who took part in the five week course which ran from June 10 to July 12, 2024. It began with 14 Ordinary Seaman and 13 Coast Guard Auxiliary officers.

The course aimed to train personnel with skills to function effectively and efficiently within the department and covered nautical terminology, survival techniques, boat responsibilities, ship husbandry, firefighting, damage control, and basic navigation among other topics.

Course facilitator, Chief Petty Officer Daniel Foyle, said the demands of the course were sustained by the participants who “toiled for almost nine hours daily”. He praised the participants for their dedication to hard work as they have now added another accolade to their field of work.

The other course facilitators were Petty Officer Sasha Henry-Martin; Petty Officer Kevin Providence; Petty Officer Jevon Lewis; and Petty Officer Akeem Ryan.

Ordinary Seaman, Lesron Pope was adjudged participant of the course with an over 90 per cent average.

Present at the ceremony were Deputy Commissioner of Police, Frankie Joseph; Commanding Officer of the St. Vincent Coast Guard Service, Commander (Ag.) Deon Henry; and Lieutenant Commander of the Regional Security Systems. (API)