SECTION
A: PRACTICAL BOAT HANDLING
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LAUNCH & RECOVERY (8 TO 11 YEAR OLDS TO OBSERVE THIS SESSION ONLY)
Knowledge of:
Considerations to be taken during the launch.
The use of a trailer or launching trolley
Considerations to be taken regarding sea conditions and hazards
Construction, width and condition of ramp/slipway
PREPERATION OF BOAT & CREW
Understands:
Personal buoyancy and appropriate clothing
The use of the following equipment:
lines, fenders, anchor
and warp, bailer,
fire
extinguisher, pump, paddles or oars, compass, flares, torch,
whistle, charts, first
aid kit, sharp knife.
Can:
Fasten to a cleat and stow an anchor.
BOAT HANDLING
Knowledge of:
Planing boats: propeller angle and immersion use of shallow
drive
Low speed handling: ahead and astern
Displacement boats: handling ahead and astern, carrying
way in neutral
Understands:
How to carry our pre-start checks, including fuel tank
and fuel bulb
Can:
Steer and control boat speed
Start and stoop engine
Demonstrate the use of an appropriate length
Kill cord at all times
PICKING UP & SECURING TO A MOORING BUOY Knowledge
of:
Preparation of mooring warps
Use of a boat hook
Method of approach
Crew communication
Making fast
LEAVING AND COMING ALONGSIDE Knowledge of:
Wind effect
Approach in tidal stream or current
Understands:
Leaving; ahead and astern
Can:
Demonstrate the use of painter, lines and fenders, attachment
to boat, stowage
underway
Control speed and angle of approach
Make fast alongside
BEING TOWED
Knowledge of:
Preparing own lines for towing
Accepting a tow
Securing towlines
- Trim and balance under tow
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