Maneuvres + Drills Flashcards
(40 cards)
Give the anchoring site checklist (8)
- Shelter enough for current and forecast wind?
- Is anchoring allowed on the chart?
- Is the holding good?
- Enough room for tidal swing without clashing with boats/shallows?
- Out of shipping channels and tidal streams?
- Is there a valley that could funnel strong winds?
- Could the anchorage be left safely in the dark?
- Is it close to a landing place?
Fire (5)
- Yell “Fire” to the crew
- Ask the cockpit crew to turn off the gas bottle
- Pull down the two tabs on the fire blanket
- Wrap the blanket over your hands to protect knuckles
- Hold blanket in front of you: Place the blanket over burning material.
Liferaft: Steps for boarding (9)
- Keep dry
- Heaviest boards first
- Steam drogue (wind-sock like thing)
- Bail out water
- Close canopy and check for leaks
- Give everyone seasickness pill
- Read the survival handbook
- Do NOT drink water for 24 hours unless bleeding- Never drink seawater or urine
- Assign roles to everyone and stay strong, stay confident!
Helicopter rescue, what are the steps?
- Helicopter approaches from the port side
- Rope line + Weight lowered onto port deck
- Crew 1, with gloves, grabs the line and haul it in steadily
- Crew 2 flakes the line into a bucket so it can be released later - DO NOT TIE TO BOAT
- Helicrewman lowered and then pulled on board by Crew 1.
- The Helicrewman will take charge.
Flares:
When to fire:
- Vertically?
- 15 degrees?
- 45 degrees?
- Little wind, no cloud
- Wind, fire downwind
- Low cloud coverage
Flares:
When to use orange smoke?
In the day, especially in bright conditions.
MAN OVERBOARD (Sail and Power)? (7)
- WATCH man and shout “Man Overboard”
- One crew member keeps pointing at the man
- Throw lifebelt
- Calm down and crash tack (Haul both sheets)
- Back foresail and loosen mainsail (Heave to)
- Furl foresail, start engine, heave mainsheet, head away from the wind.
- Gentle jibe, spill wind from mainsail
- Approach windward side of MOB.
MAN OVERBOARD (Sail only)? (7)
- WATCH man and shout “Man Overboard”
- One crew member keeps pointing at the man
- Throw lifebelt
- Calm down and bring the wind to 40 degrees aft.
- Keep an eye on the man then tack.
- Furl foresail while close-reaching.
- Spill and fill mainsail, keeping slow speed.
- Approach windward side of MOB.
MAN OVERBOARD (Power only)?
Williamson Turn
- Note heading
- Wheel hard to starboard
- Once at 60 degrees from the heading, wheel hard to port.
- Reduce speed and stop turning after 180 degrees
- Steer towards MOB.
What is “filling” and “spilling” the sail?
Letting the sail become taut by the wind and flappy by the wind.
What side should the life raft be dispatched in case of a fire?
Windward side
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 19
What are two things you MUST NOT DO if you think a collision with a vessel is likely?
RULE 19 (d)
- Do not turn to port if the other vessel is ahead of the beam.
- Do not turn towards the vessel if it is behind or 90 degrees to the beam of the boat.
- Rule of low-visibility situation.
- If you have radar, use it! Take action!
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 18
What is the “hierarchy” of vessels’ right of way?
- A vessel not under command
- A vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre
- A vessel engaged in fishing
- A sailing vessel
- An unrestricted motor vessel
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 18
What does “not under command” mean?
A vessel that cannot obey the rules due to technical difficulties (Signified by two black spheres ), e.g:
-High-sided vessels passing through narrow space with high winds.
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 18
What signifies a vessel is “not under command”?
Two black spheres hoisted
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 17:
Whose responsibility is it to manoeuvre when there is a perpendicular risk of collision?
The vessel who can see the other vessel on their starboard side.
-Action: Slow down and/or turn to starboard to pass behind the other vessel.
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 17:
What must the vessel who can see the other vessel on their port side do, in a perpendicular risk of collision?
Maintain their speed and course, but:
- If the other vessel doesn’t show signs of making way, turn to starboard.
- DO NOT turn to port.
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 14:
What must happen when two boats are heading straight towards each other?
Both change their course to starboard a bit.
-If unsure about this situation, assume it is happening.
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 14:
How can you tell if a boat is heading towards you at night?
- You can see both their sidelights
- Their masthead lights are aligned/nearly aligned.
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 13:
What is the “overtake sector”?
When being overtaken, it is a sector 25-155 degrees aft of your beam, where a boat is considered to be overtaking.
Avoiding Collisions:
What are the three types of vessel “encounters”?
Overtaking Situation (Shown: Being overtook)
-Other boat: 25-155 degrees aft of starboard beam.
Headon Situation
-Other boat: ~70-110 degrees forward of your beam.
Crossing situation (Shown: other boat to starboard)
-Other boat: within 25 degrees of starboard beam.
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 12:
You’re approaching a sailing vessel, you have the wind on your port side, the other has it on the starboard side- who gives way?
You give way.
-A sailing boat with portside wind gives way.
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 12:
You’re approaching a sailing vessel upwind from you, you have the wind on your port side, the other has it on the port side too- who gives way?
They give way.
-When two sailing vessels have the wind on the same side, the windward vessel gives way.
Avoiding Collisions: Rule 12:
You’re approaching a sailing vessel who’s windward to you. You have the wind on you portside, you cannot see which side the other vessel has its wind on. What do you do?
Give way
-If you cannot tell whether to give way or not, give way. –You cannot tell if this vessel needs to give you way or you need to give it way.
