PREREQUISITES
None.
ASHORE KNOWLEDGE
Section I: Terms and Definitions
The candidate must be able to:
1.
Identify and
describe the following:
Hull and
keel
Gooseneck
Bow, beam and
stern Boomvang and
topping lift
Fenders
Shackles and fairleads
Deck and
cabin Cleats
and winches
Rudder and
tiller/wheel Pulpit and
pushpit
Cockpit and self-bailing
cockpit Stanchions and lifelines
Gudgeons and pintles
Main, jib and storm jib
Mast and
boom Genoa and
spinnaker
Spreader
Head, tack and clew
Shrouds and
stays Luff, foot
and leech
Tangs and
turnbuckles Battens,
hanks and slides
Chainplates
Cringles and reef points
Running
rigging
Standing rigging
Roller and jiffy/slab
reefing Sheets and halyards
Telltales
Outhaul and cunningham
Spring and breast
lines Roller furling
2. Describe
the following with the aid of diagrams: ahead,
abeam and astern, forward and aft;
3. Define
and be able to identify these terms from a
diagram:
Port
Underway
Starboard No way
Windward In Irons
Leeward Beating
Tacking
Sailing by the lee
Gybing
Running
Close
Hauled On a tack
Port
tack Luffing (of
sail)
Starboard
tack Heading up
Leeway Bearing
away
Wash Wake
Reaching (Close, beam and broad)
Section II:
Gear and Equipment
The
candidate must be able to:
4. List from memory:
a) the Department of Transport (DOT) required items
forthe candidate’s boat (Safe Boating Guide),
b)
the rules for care of PFD’s and Life Jackets,
c) the recommended method of testing for buoyancy
in a PFD;
5. Describe
a)
the reasons
for keeping gear and equipment stowed in
assigned places in a cruising boat.
b)
the frequency of maintenance of a recreational
boat and its equipment so that it is capable of
functioning at all times,
c)
the minimum items recommended for a waterproof
emergency kit
Section III: Safety
The
candidate must be able to:
6. Describe:
a)
The purpose of a safety harness and dangers of
improper attachment in a cruising boat,
b)
The purpose of pulpits and lifelines;
7. Identify the required navigation lights for a
vessel:
a) under sail; under power and at anchor and
describe the angles of each;
b)
for an unpowered vessel less than 6 meters in
length;
8.
Describe the effects, treatment and prevention
of hypothermia including:
a)
Define hypothermia and describe the major areas
of heat loss to the body,
b)
Describe treatment for mild and severe
hypothermia,
c)
List correct actions to be taken by a victim in
cold water to increase survival time;
9. Describe the precautions taken to prevent undue
magnetic influences to the vessel’s compass;
10. Describe the common sources of fire and
explosion and list the methods for preventing
such occurrences and actions to be taken in the
event of an onboard fire;
11. Describe safe refueling procedures;
12. Identify a scuba diving flag;
13. Describe:
a)
The danger involved in re-charging batteries,
b)
How to safely launch flares,
c)
The types of signals used to indicated distress;
d)
List the actions to be taken in case of a
capsize;
14. Describe the uses, capabilities and limitations
of a yacht radar reflector;
15. State the
dangers of overhead power lines.
16. Describe
a)
Reasons for filing a float plan and who the plan
should be filed with;
b)
Items of important information which should be
included in a Float Plan,
c)
Reasons for completing a pre-departure
check-list;
Section IV: Rules of the Road and Canadian
Regulations
The
candidate must be able to:
17. Apply Rules 12 - 17 of the Collision Regulations
by means of diagrams;
18. Identify and describe the following:
Pleasure craft
Power driven vessel
Sailing vessel Recommended gross load capacity
Capacity plate Recommended safe limit of engine power
19. Identify
a)
Four considerations in determining the safe
speed to operate a vessel,
b)
The actions and precautions to be taken in
reduced visibility,
c)
Responsibilities when operating in a commercial
traffic lane;
20. Demonstrate knowledge of regulations applying to
boaters:
a)
Identify the minimum required publications for
operating a 10 meter pleasure vessel in
unfamiliar waters,
b)
Describe the guidelines for licensing and how a
license number must be marked on a vessel,
c)
Identify the principal acts / legislation that a
pleasure craft operator should be knowledgeable
about, and the areas covered by each including:
Canada Shipping
Act Small Vessel
Regulations,
Boating Restriction
Regulations Contraventions Act
Collision
Regulations The Criminal
Code of Canada.
Section V: Weather
The
candidate must be able to:
21.
State three sources of marine weather
information;
22.
Interpret the marine weather forecast applicable
to the area of operation, and describe how to
apply the information:
a)
Determine whether it is safe to set sail in the
candidate’s boat, and
b)
Decide what changes are forecast for the next
six hours and what effect these should have on
the day’s planned activities,
c)
Identify the wind speeds associated with
Light winds Moderate winds
Strong winds
Small craft warning Gale
warning Storm warning
23. Describe local weather hazards, how they can be
identified, the normal warning time available,
and the actions to be taken to reduce/avoid
effects.
Section VI: Duties of the Skipper and Crew
The
candidate must be able to:
24. List the main responsibilities of the skipper
and crew as listed below:
Skipper
a)
Safety of crew and boat,
b)
Briefing on location and operation of lifesaving
and other safety equipment prior to getting
underway,
c)
Assigning duties,
d)
Instruction in the safe use of the boat’s
equipment while underway
e)
Obligations on observing an accident or vessel
in distress,
f)
Actions to demonstrate respect for other boaters
and other’s property;
Crew
a)
Obey skipper;
b)
Assist
skipper
Section VII: Seamanship
The
candidate must be able to:
25. Describe the sequence of sail reduction as wind
speed increases;
26. Describe the danger of your lee shore;
27. Understand the use of a Canadian Hydrographic
chart of the local area:
Describe
a)
a chart
b)
aids to navigation
Read
a)
depth of water
b)
distance scale
c)
buoys and their significance
d)
types of bottom (sand, rock, mud and clay)
e)
under water/surface hazards: kelp, cable, rock,
shoals, cribs, wrecks, currents
f)
light symbols
g)
beacons
28. Use of Tide and Current Tables to find:
1.
times and heights of tides at reference ports
2.
direction and rate of current at reference
stations
29. Describe:
a) the features of a secure anchorage
b)
the holding characteristics of commonly used
anchors
c) suitable rode makeup and handling
d)
scope requirements when anchoring for lunch,
overnight and rough weather
30. Describe the immediate action to be take
for the following circumstances:
a) springing a
leak f) dragging anchor
b) steering
fails g) running aground
c) grounding at anchor h) broken halyard
d) fouled
propeller i) fire
e) standing rigging fails
31. Describe the one commonly accepted use
for each of the following knots, bends and
hitches:
a) Reef
knot d) bowline
b) figure
eight e) clove hitch
c) double sheet
bend f) round turn & two half
hitches
32.
Describe
the use of the VHF radio for receiving weather
reports and making emergency calls.
AFLOAT SKILLS
(18 hours
minimum) Recommended vessel is a 6 - 10 meter
sloop rigged keelboat.
Section VIII: Preliminaries
The
candidate must be able to:
1. Demonstrate on land the correct method of
putting on a personal flotation device in the
water;
2. Demonstrate the correct use of a heaving
line;
3.
Carry out a check of the vessel's gear
and equipment in accordance with CYA Cruising
Boat Checklist and demonstrate use and care of
onboard equipment;
4. Select, bend on, check and stow sails;
5. Coil a line and secure (sea coil);
6. Properly stow lines and fenders;
7. Demonstrate how to belay a cleat;
8. Demonstrate safe winch techniques with
particular emphasis on:
a) possible high strain on sheet/halyard
b)
how to avoid riding turns (and how to clear)
c) position of hands/fingers
d)
winch handles - fitting and
removal.
Section IX:
Maneuvering
Under Power
The
candidate must be able to:
9. Start auxiliary engine on vessel, observing
commonly accepted safety practices;
10. Come to a full stop with stern one half boat
length away from a buoy using reverse. (The
objective of this maneuver is to know how much distance is required to bring a vessel to a
full stop. Vessel is to be kept on a straight
course while the maneuver is being carried
out);
11. Manoeuvre a vessel under power to a position
alongside and parallel to a dock portside to and
starboard side to not more than two feet off
without the aid of lines, without the stern
passing a given mark at any time during the
maneuver;
12. Apply Rules 5 through 18 of the Collision
Regulations as applied to a vessel under power;
13. Set a anchor under power in water more than 3
meters in depth so as not drag when tested under
engine power at half-throttle astern;
14. Raise anchor with boat ready and get under way;
Section X: Boat Handling Under Sail
The
candidate must be able to:
15. Hoist the basic sails while under power/at
anchor, or mooring (head to wind, main sail
first), set appropriate luff tensions, and flake
halyards;
16. Apply Rules 5 through 18 of the Collision
Regulations as applied to a vessel under sail;
17. Act as skipper giving correct commands and
responses while demonstrating the proper
techniques of beating, reaching and running;
tacking and gybing; heading up, bearing away,
luffing and heaving to; using the following
commands and responses:
Commands:
Responses: Alert:
“Head
Up”
“Bear
Away”
“Ease
Sheets”
“Harden
Sheets”
“Ready
About”
“Ready” “Helm Alee”`
“Ready to Gybe”
“Ready” “Gybe Ho”
18. Reduce sail
by reefing and shake out a reef while keeping
vessel under control, either at the helm or
controlling the sails, as commanded by the
skipper;
19. Demonstrate skipper’s actions/commands
while under sail from the time a member of the
crew falls overboard without warning until the
crew is safely recovered. Consider the crew
ove4rboard wearing a PFD and able to assist
him/herself. Include the following minimum
actions:
a)
Sound alarm “Crew Overboard”
b)
Deploy marker and buoyant object(s)
c)
Appoint and maintain a lookout
d)
Triangle method of return (under sail)
e)
Describe at least two methods of getting
a person out of the water and back aboard
The student must be able to
perform returns under both power and sail. For
these
maneuvers
the crew can consist of three
or more, but the student is to describe the
actions to be taken if one member of a two
person crew falls overboard also, with the
vessel under sail.
20.
Lower sail while under power
or at anchor or a mooring.
Section XI: Making Fast and Snugging Down
The
candidate must be able to:
21. Secure a vessel to a
dock to prevent excessive movement and set
out fenders correctly;
22. Stop auxiliary
engine and secure when departing vessel for
night, observing commonly accepted safety
practices;
23. Demonstrate how
to secure a vessel for the night using
appropriate dock lines;
24. Tie the
following knots, bends and hitches within 30
seconds each: figure 8, double sheet bend,
bowline, round turn two half hitches, reef
knot and clove hitch.