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Seamanship

   This section is intended for use by students attending courses at the Kiel Training Centre.  It contains most of the information required to pass the tests for Skipper qualifications as well as much that will be of interest and use to newcomers to sailing

   The present edition is the result of a long process of evolution over many years. We are particularly grateful to those who carried out much of the revision for this and previous editions.

 Baz

   All information included was to the best of our knowledge, correct at the time of publishing.

SUBJECT

CHAPTER

The Sailing Vessel Illustrated

1

Rigs of a Sailing Vessel

2

How a Boat Sails

3

Points of Sailing

4

Manoeuvering under Sail

5

Helmsmanship and Sail Balance

6

Sail Trim

7

PRACTICAL SEAMANSHIP

Getting Underway

8

Berthing

9

Anchoring

10

Grounding

11

Man Overboard

12

Knots, Bends & Hitches, Whipping & Splicing

13

The Weather

14

Build up of a ‘Low’

15

The Beaufort Scale

16

Heavy Weather Sailing

17

Fog

18

Safety Equipment

19

Radio Telephony

20

International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

21

Lights & Shapes Carried by Vessels

22

Sound Signals

23

Distress Signals & International Code of Signals

24

Navigation Instruments

25

Charts

26

Chartwork

27

Pilotage

28

Lights - Definitions & Abbreviations

29

IALA Buoyage System ‘A’

30

International Port Traffic Signals

31

Responsibilities of a Skipper                                                                             32

Briefing the Crew

Takeover of a Club Yacht

Passage Planning

Boat Husbandary

The Ships Log

Flags & Flag Etiquette

Salvage

First Aid Afloat

33

Glossary of Sailing Terms

34

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