Competent Crew

Sea Terms and Parts of a Boat, her Rigging and Sails

UNDERSTANDS:

• Orders given concerning the sailing and day-to-day running of the boat

Sail Handling

CAN:

• Bend on, set, reef and handle sails
• Use sheets and halyards and their associated winches

Ropework

CAN:

• Handle ropes, including coiling, stowing, securing to cleats and single and double bollards
• Handle warps
• Tie the following knots and knows their correct use: figure-of-eight; clove hitch; bowline; round turn and two half hitches; reef knot, rolling hitch, single and double sheet bend

Safety on Board

UNDERSTANDS:

• Fire precautions and fighting
• What the particular hazards are, and actions to be taken to prevent and in the event of fire
• On-board alarms, including gas and carbon monoxide

Personal Safety Equipment

UNDERSTANDS:

• How to comply with guidance for the wearing of safety harnesses, life jackets and personal buoyancy aids

Man Overboard

UNDERSTANDS:

• The action to be taken to recover a man overboard
• How cold-water shock can affect a casualty in the water

Emergency Equipment

UNDERSTANDS:

• How to launch and board a life raft
• Distress flares and knows when they should be used

Manners and Customs

UNDERSTANDS:

• Accepted practice with regard to: use of burgees and ensigns; prevention of unnecessary noise or disturbance in harbour including courtesies to other berthed craft
• The responsibility of the boating community to protect the environment

Rules of the Road

CAN:

• Keep an efficient lookout at sea

Tender Usage

UNDERSTANDS:

• The loading rules and complies with them
• The use and importance of a kill cord
• Safety equipment for tenders

CAN:

• Handle a dinghy under oars

Meteorology

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• The Beaufort Scale

UNDERSTANDS:

• The forecasting services and where to obtain a forecast

Seasickness

• Working efficiency is unaffected/partially affected/severely affected by seasickness (Delete as applicable)

UNDERSTANDS:

• How to reduce the effects of seasickness (e.g. steer, look at the horizon, take anti-seasickness tablets before going afloat)

Helmsmanship and Sailing

UNDERSTANDS:

• The basic principles of sailing

CAN:

• Steer and trim sails on all points of sailing
• Steer a compass course, under sail and power

General Duties

CAN:

• Carry out general duties satisfactorily on deck and below decks in connection with the daily routine of the vessel