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Competent
Crew Syllabus
The Competent Crew course introduces
the complete beginner to cruising and teaches
personal safety, seamanship and helmsmanship to the
level required to be a useful member of crew of a
cruising yacht.
- 1. Knowledge of sea terms and parts of
a boat, her rigging and sails
- Sufficient knowledge to understand orders
given concerning the sailing and day to day
running of the boat.
- Bending on, setting, reefing and handling of
sails
- Use of sheets and halyards and their
associated winches
- Handling ropes, including coiling, stowing,
securing to cleats and single and double
bollards
- Handling warps
- Ability to tie the following knots and to know
their correct use: figure-of-eight, clove hitch,
rolling hitch, bowline, round turn and two half
hitches, single and double sheet bend, reef knot
- 4. Fire precautions and fighting
- Awareness of the hazards of fire and the
precautions necessary to prevent fireb.
Knowledge of the action to be taken in the event
of fire
- 5. Personal safety equipment
- Understands and complies with rules for the
wearing of safety harnesses, lifejackets and
personal buoyancy aids
- Understands the action to be taken to recover
a man overboard
- Can operate distress flares and knows when
they should be used
- Understands how to launch and board a liferaft
- Understands accepted practice with regard to:
use of burgees and ensigns, prevention of
unnecessary noise or disturbance in harbour
including courtesies to other craft berthed
- Aware of the responsibility of yacht skippers
to protect the environment
- Is able to keep and efficient lookout at sea
- Understands and complies with the loading
rulesb. Is able to handle a dinghy under oars
- Awareness of forecasting services and
knowledge of the Beaufort scale
- Working efficiency is unaffected/partially
affected/severely affected by seasickness
- 13. Helmsmanship and sailing
- Understands the basic principles of sailing
and can steer and trim sails on all points of
sailing
- Can steer a compass course, under sail and
power
- Has carried out general duties satisfactorily
on deck and below decks in connection with the
daily routine of the vessel
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