1.Safety, Responsibility and Risk Management.

• Knows what safety equipment should be carried on board, its location and operation.
• Demonstrate the correct use and fitting of personal safety equipment, PFD’s and safety harnesses.
• Can assess risks on board and understands how they may be avoided.
• Knows how to raise the alarm in the event of an emergency.

2. Sailing Skills. As helm can:

• Come to and weigh anchor under sail in various conditions of wind and tide.
• Pick up and leave a mooring under various conditions of wind and tide.
• Recover a MOB.
• Handle a boat in confined areas under sail.
• Berth alongside a pontoon under sail.
• Heave to.
• Sail a figure of eight without use of the tiller/rudder.
• Sail backwards under control for a short distance.

3. General Seamanship.

• Can carry out basic maintenance on a boat.
• Understands the differing properties and care of synthetic fibre rope.
• Can prepare for tow by a power vessel, prepare to tow another vessel.
• Knows actions to be taken in the event of major gear failure, such as rig or rudder damage.
• Launch and recovery.
• Handling under power (optional).

4. IRPCS.

• Knows the following: General rules, steering and sailing rules, sound signals, distress signals.
• Is aware of local regulations.

5. Meteorology.

• Understands where to obtain a weather forecast and interpret its use.

6. Local Knowledge.

• Can interpret a chart of the local area.
• Has basic knowledge of factors such as: Buoyage, depths, areas suitable for anchorage, tidal heights and streams (where applicable).
• Assess risk, traffic density, local regs, narrow channels.




Optional: Night Sailing.

• Identify characteristics of lights.
• Understands requirements for night sailing, assesment of risk/precautions.

Personal Survival

Artificial resuscitation

First Aid