1. Safety Equipment, clothing and safe practices.

• Understands the correct use of safety equipment on board.
• Understands the importance of the correct fitting and wearing of personal flotation devices
• Understands the importance of appropriate clothing and footwear
• Knows the location and correct operation all safety equipment on board
• Understands and complies with the rules for wearing of PFD’s

2. Sail Handling, Rigging and Ropework.

• Can prepare the sails and rig the boat.
• Knows correct use of halyards, sheets and associated deck hardware.
• Ability to tie the following knots and know their correct use: figure of eight, bowline, round turn and two half hitches, clove hitch, reef knot.
• Can reef and shake out reefs whilst underway.

3. Sailing Skills.

• Can helm and trim sails effectively on all points of sail.
• Can helm effectively around a triangular course.
• Understands the effect and importance of heel and trim.
• Can heave to.
• Understands the effect and importance of heel and trim.

4. Man Overboard.

• Can recover a MOB under sail as helm

5. Rules of the Road.

• Has a working knowledge of the General, Steering and Sailing rules and their application.
• Knows how to source information on local regulation.

6. Meteorology.

• Understands where to obtain a weather forecast

7. Emergency Situations.

• Knows how to raise the alarm in the event of an emergency.

8. Anchoring.

• Understands how to anchor a boat.