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SECTION
1: INSTRUCTION ASHORE
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1. Layout of a PW; controls; propulsion and steering system;
fuel
and oil; stowage compartment(s)
2. Personal equipment, wet suit/dry suit, personal buoyancy,
head
and eye protection
3. Pre launch checks
4. Essential safety information. Kill cord, safe speed, local
hazards
5. Collision avoidance
6. Rules of the road applied to PW.
7.
Lookout
8.
Safe speed
9.
Priorities between different classes of vessel.
10. Overtaking, crossing and end-on approach rules.
11. Local rules, speed limits, prohibited areas.
12. Orientation at sea
13. Charts, scales, direction and distance
14. Representation of land, shallows and deep water. Buoys,
lateral
and cardinal.
15.
Avoiding shipping channels, special buoyed areas for water
skiing etc.
16. Tides, high and low water and tidal streams
17. Weather, safety, courtesy to other water users
18.
Sources and significance of weather forecasts.
19.
Lee and weather shores
20.
Safety and emergency equipment
21.
Courtesy to other water users
22.
Avoiding pollution and disturbance to wildlife habitats.
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