International Watchkeeper / Flotilla Skipper Certificate
These Theory and Practical modules are aimed at increasing a students' nautical knowledge sufficently to be a watchkeeper on board a bareboat Yacht, or a Flotilla skipper in fair weather, in daylight hours within sight of land.
| Prerequisites: |
International Crew Certificate or similar.
If no pre-requisites the course can be done in a 2 week timeframe.
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| Price : |
$1849.00 |
| Departure Day: |
Monday |
| Departure Time: |
9.00am |
| Return Time: |
4.00pm |
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THEORY – MODULE 8
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| Responsibilities of a Watchkeeper |
- Discuss the need to be rested and alert
- Navigational duties
- When to call the Captain
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| Charts & Chartwork |
- Types of charts, chart symbols, dangers, heights, navigational marks and buoyage
- Navigational techniques, position lines, transits, plotting, DR, EP
- Outline of the effects of tide, currents and leeway
- Position fixing, 3 bearing fix, accuracy of fixing, depth contours
- GPS, DGPS and electronic aids to navigation
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| Compass & Magnetism |
- Compass types and use
- Variation, deviation and applying error
- Courses: True and Magnetic
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Buoyage
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- Pilotage
- IALA areas A& B
- Cardinal buoyage system
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PRACTICAL – MODULE 9
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Safety Brief
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- Basic 1st Aid Box
- Cuts, wounds, burns, breaks etc
- Control of bleeding
- Shock
- Dangers of heat and cold
- Heart attack, strokes
- Unconscious patient
- Radio for help
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Galley
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- Provisioning and housekeeping considerations
- Propane
- Cooking underway
- Balanced diet
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| Sailing Boat Handling Skills |
- Slab reefing
- Storm sails
- Spinnaker, MPS, and poling out
- Roller reefing
- Short handed sailing
- Tacking and gibing
- Coming alongside under power
- Picking up mooring buoy under power and sail
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| THEORY – MODULE 10 |
| Basic First Aid |
- Basic 1st Aid Box
- Cuts, wounds, burns, breaks etc
- Control of bleeding
- Shock
- Dangers of heat and cold
- Heart attack, strokes
- Unconscious patient
- Radio for help
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| Collision Regulations |
- International obligations, collision regulations and other (local)
- Regulations
- Responsibility, definitions
- Signals, lights and shapes
- Outline of steering and sailing rules numbers 4-19 of the International
- Regulations for the prevention of Collision at Sea
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| Customs, Manners & Legal Requirements |
- Registration, insurance, salvage and duty of care
- Customs, immigration, crew lists etc
- Use of ensigns, burgees and other practices
- Good practice – prevention of noise and courtesy to other water users, pollution control and consideration of wash effects on other vessels in marina, alongside and anchorages
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| PRACTICAL – MODULE 11 |
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Passage Plan
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- Prepare a short passage plan, selecting an anhorage, navigation on short
- Passages
- Delegation of responsibilities to crew
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Short Passages
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- Heavy weather preparation Line squalls
- Heavy weather tactics
- Action in restricted visibility
- Negotiating a harbor entrance
- Collision regulations on passage
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Boat HandlingSkills
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- Anchoring: Multiple anchors, kedging
- Running aground: problems, solutions
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| MODULE 12 – THEORY & PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT |
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Review
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- General revision of module materials
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Theory / Practical
Assessment
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- Assessment of all Theory components
- Practical vessel handling assessment for sail boat handling skills
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To secure your place for the International Watchkeeper/ Flotilla Skipper Certificate
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