Syllabus

1. Safety Equipment, clothing and safe practices

• Is aware of hazards on board a boat and understands how to avoid them
• Understands the correct use of safety equipment on board
• Understands the importance of the correct fitting and wearing of personal flotation devices ï‚·
• Understands the importance of appropriate clothing and footwear

2. The Boat

• Has basic knowledge of sailing terms, can identify parts of a boat, rigging and sails
• Can bend on, hoist, lower and stow sails

3. Ropework

• Can tie the following knots: figure of eight, bowline, round turn and two half hitches
• Has basic knowledge of the use of sheets, halyards, winches, clutches, mooring lines and cleats
• Can coil and stow a rope

4. Sailing Skills

• Understands the theory and basic principles of sailing including tacking and gybing
• Has basic wind awareness
• Can steer a boat on all points of sail under supervision
• Can trim sails on all points of sail

5. Man Overboard

• Understands the correct action to be taken to recover a MOB

6. Rules of the Road

• Has awareness of the basic rules of the road
• Can maintain continuous lookout