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