Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for the sail.
- Select clothing, footwear and personal protective equipment suitable for conditions, and check for safe working condition.
- Select a suitable site for sailing activities according to current conditions.
- Confirm activity safety and emergency response procedures to ensure compliance during activities.
- Confirm protocols for communications between party members and with other water users.
- Fit and adjust lifejacket to ensure comfort and safety.
- Rig small boat.
- Launch small boats.
- Sail small boat in open coastal waters and moderate wind conditions.
- Comply with waterway rules throughout all activities, including use of boat within permitted areas.
- Manoeuvre boat using primary boat controls, safely approach, and negotiate obstacles and hazards to minimise risk of injury.
- Analyse wind indicators to anticipate gusts, lulls, lifts and knocks and use wind shifts when sailing upwind and downwind.
- Respond to changing wind conditions; adjust sails to effectively manoeuvre boat using techniques appropriate for wind conditions.
- Heave to and back the mainsail to control speed of boat.
- Reduce sail in response to variable wind conditions.
- Trim sails, and steer boat efficiently in moderate wind conditions.
- Recover crew member lost overboard.
- Provide clear and concise instructions to person being rescued and others assisting.
- Engage a lookout to maintain sight of crew overboard at all times and to consistently indicate position in water.
- Reduce speed to safe level, approach and stop to leeward side of crew member in water.
- Rescue crew member from water using reach techniques.
- Utilise throw resources to reach and recover crew member in water.
- Position boat appropriately and assist injured crew to re-enter boat.
- Recover from a capsize.
- Recognise warning signs and take immediate action to prevent capsize.
- Signal for assistance following capsize, as required, and implement organisational capsize procedures.
- Check safety of crew, provide instruction, and stay clear of rigging in water.
- Maintain contact with boat, secure floating items, as able, and ease sheets.
- Utilise all crew members to right small boat using counterweight methods and smooth transitions; maintain head to wind.
- Re-enter crew to boat gradually as sufficient freeboard is regained after first crew member has re-entered and started bailing.
- Operate small boats under tow.
- Drop and secure sails and secure all equipment.
- Receive and secure towline using appropriate fixtures, knots and tensions to spread load on towline.
- Seat crew in positions to provide balance to small boat.
- Signal towing vessel when ready to proceed.
- Maintain communication with towing vessel and monitor towline and response of small boat, adjust any equipment as required.
- Land and secure small boats.
- Bring small boat to anchor, using techniques appropriate for situation.
- Drop sails, raise centreboard, where present, and rudder and prepare lines in preparation for return to shore.
- Account for effects of wind and tide to safely manoeuvre boat into landing position.
- Maintain stability, direction, speed and control to land boat into a range of free and tight positions.
- Secure small boat to bank or shore or wharf using appropriate knots, and retrieve boat from water.
- De-rig and pack all components.
- Secure boat for road transport using suitable methods
- Select clothing, footwear and personal protective equipment suitable for conditions, and check for safe working condition.
- Select a suitable site for sailing activities according to current conditions.
- Confirm activity safety and emergency response procedures to ensure compliance during activities.
- Confirm protocols for communications between party members and with other water users.
- Fit and adjust lifejacket to ensure comfort and safety.
- Select lines and other rigging equipment to suit design of small boat in use.
- Rig sails to mast and boom using appropriate tension.
- Secure lines by tying knots suitable for rigging.
- Complete safety checks according to organisational procedures.
- Determine wind direction to enable easy launching.
- Embark and launch small boat from bank, shore or wharf while maintaining stability, direction, speed and control.
- Secure or drop the centreboard, where present, and rudder.