Course Outline Session Duration 1 6hrs 2 6hrs Total 12hrs* *The 12 hours is the suggested minimum time, and can be manipulated to run over as many sessions the centre/instructor deems appropriate, e.g. 2 x 6hrs Course Objectives
At the end of the Safety Boat Operator course, participants will:
• Meet all Safety Boat Operator criteria outlined in the Powerboat Syllabus and Logbook:
Boats and Equipment Personal Equipment Boat Handling – Skills and Techniques Can select suitable clothing and equipment appropriate General to the activity, area of operation and prevailing Can ‘stand off’ other craft conditions Can come alongside other vessels and sailing craft Can identify different types of lifejacket and suitability whilst underway for driver and crew Can lay and recover marker buoys Demonstrates correct use of kill cord at all times Safety Boats Has working knowledge of techniques for dealing with Can select a suitable vessel to support a variety of on lee-shore scenarios water activities Can select and use safety equipment appropriate to Towing activity Knows how to rig multiple tows Understands towing fragile high performance boats Race Management Can tow alongside Has knowledge of race course design and Rescue of other Craft management Dinghy Can position raft considering race fleet, hazards and Can demonstrate the correct approach sailing area Can right capsized and inverted dinghies Knows methods for communicating with other boats Knows how to right multihulls and shore Knows how to deal with entrapments
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Windsurf Kitesurfing (optional) Can demonstrate the correct approach Knows the correct approach Can recover a person from the water Knows how to handle, deflate and recover a kite from Knows techniques for recovering multiple boards and the water sails Can recover a single board without disassembly
Kayak (can be covered in theory) Knows the correct approach Knows how to rescue different types of kayak/canoe Knows how to return the paddler to a kayak/canoe
• Understand where they can progress to, if they want to extend their Powerboat skills and experience.
Note:
These timings are based upon the students already being competent in Powerboat Handling criteria and are based upon an Instructor to Student ratio of:
• 4:1 (with a single vessel with Instructor onboard) • 6:1 (with multiple vessels all vessels must have either an Instructor/Helper onboard)
“As the driver of a Powerboat you have the legal responsibility towards other water users. For everyone’s safety plan your trip, look after your passengers and at all times maintain a proper lookout.”
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LEARNING OUTCOMES TIME Participants will understand / demonstrate ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate awareness of: Introduction 15mins Introduction and Welcome • Introduce yourself and use an Icebreaker to get participants talking • Evacuation diagram for • Introductions – e.g. “Describe the worst dinghy sailing or boating incident you Centre • Housekeeping have heard about!” • Safety Boat Wet Notes • Course outline - how course will run • Introduce participants to the training centre and any relevant rules • AS Powerboat Syllabus & • Check boat licences and certificates or behaviour expectations when attending the centre Log • Location and prevailing conditions • Mention changing facilities, showers & drying rooms as • Local boating map – usually appropriate free PDF • Tell participants what the course includes and what is required in • Weather forecast – use order for them to succeed bom.gov.au • Confirm legal eligibility to operate boats including Lifejackets and Licensing • Outline the training area using the local boating map and highlight any speed or wash restrictions • Discuss the weather forecast and how this may impact on the format & timings of the course Boats and Equipment 30mins Personal Equipment • Discuss manning of safety boats – normal practice is for Safety • Wet Note – SBOWN1.1 – Boat to have a driver and crew – refer to example Club Guidelines Boats & Equipment: • Can select suitable clothing and • Discuss the different types of lifejackets, and suitability for driver Personal Equipment & equipment appropriate to the activity, and crew. Note: Crew may need a level 50 for in the water, but Safety Boat Equipment area of operation and prevailing also a second lifejacket with greater buoyancy for legal • Samples of Lifejackets level conditions requirements (such as categorisation of waters) 50 & 50S and 150 Inflatable • Can identify suitable lifejacket(s) for • Show some examples of lifejackets • Handheld Radio with pouch driver and crew • Discuss typical times afloat as Safety Boat Operator and the need and remote microphone to select appropriate clothing and equipment appropriate to the activity, environment and prevailing conditions
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LEARNING OUTCOMES Participants will understand / TIME ACTIVITIES RESOURCES demonstrate / demonstrate awareness of: 30mins Safety Boats • Show students the checklist for Powerboats within the Standards and Guidelines for • Wet Note – Discover Sailing Centres SBOWN1.2 – • Can select a suitable vessel to • Work through the checklist and clarify the need for each item (utilise Standards and Boats & support a variety of on-water Guidelines) Equipment – activities • Discuss the type of boat and its suitability to safety boat duties with relevance to: Safety Boat • Can select and use safety o Types of craft being supported Selection equipment appropriate to the o Stability • Safety Boat activity o Size, capacity and speed equipped for a o Utilise Example of Club Guidelines DSC • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of: • Discover Sailing o Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) Standards & o Displacement Hulls Guidelines o Sports Boats with cabins • Safety o Open aluminium craft Information o Multihulls Notice (SIN) 2 of o Cathedral Hulls 2013 – Propeller o High freeboard Guards o Propeller guards (Utilise SIN 2) (recommended • Discuss the selection of specific safety boat equipment including: fitting) o Additional spare kill cords (crew & operator) • Lessons Learned o Sharp knives to facilitate cutting of Trapeze, Trampoline Harness, Sheets, etc. – SBOLL1 – 18- o Ease of rapid access to knives oot skiff o Pliers – for removing pins entrapment o Rubber mallet – for removing pins (training, o Rig Cutters / wire cutters checklists, knifes) o Spare buckets or bailers for flooded boats o A strong wooden Paddle o Buoys for marking abandoned or capsized craft o Towing lines with clips, and bridles o Throwing lines and devices o Fenders o First aid kits and equipment o Thermal blankets o Drinks, food, sunscreen o Binoculars • Describe the 18ft skiff incident to highlight the need for equipment
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LEARNING OUTCOMES Participants will understand / TIME ACTIVITIES RESOURCES demonstrate / demonstrate awareness of: Race Management 45mins Race Management Skills • Discuss the common structure of race organisation and the role of the Race Officer • Wet Note – • Outline that SIN 2 provides excellent guidance on Race Management and should be SBOWN2.1 – • Has knowledge of race course utilised by Clubs Race design and management: • Show students the following Courses as provided in the World Sailing (ISAF) Sailing Management o Standard Course Designs Instructions Guide: Skills for Dinghy Racing o Windward Leeward • Safety o Standard Course Designs o Triangle Information for Windsurf Racing o Trapezoid Notice (SIN) 2 of o Brief overview of Kite • Overlay examples of these Courses on a local boating map or chart 2014 – Best Boarding course designs • Discuss how the marks would be positioned and relocated including the use of GNSS practices and o Race course Positioning Craft safety management – potential • Discuss the route that various types of Dinghy would take around each course including management at duties of the Safety Boat high performance boats and multihulls small boat o Use of GNSS in mark • Discuss where boats are likely to have problems that could lead to capsize and regattas (people, laying and course design entrapment situations boats & • Can position craft considering • Mention that more capsizes will be from Gybing and observation can identify common communication) race fleet, hazards, and sailing areas (e.g. final gybe at bottom mark) – and Safety Boat should position themselves to • World Sailing area observe this point (ISAF) Racing o Assessing the course, • Discuss suitable locations for positioning safety boats that do not impact on the racing Rules of Sailing racing fleet movements fleet (e.g. Foiling Moths 30knots downwind with wide arcs at ‘bottom’ marks) – consider (Appendix L – and potential hazards which heading is common after bottom mark Sailing o Identification of suitable • Discuss response times for different craft Instructions locations to position the Guide) or the AS • Show example pictures of Windsurfing Courses Safety Boat(s) Racing Rules Communication • Knows methods for (The Blue Book) • Discuss the VHF Channels that are allocated for Non-Commercial and Recreational use communicating with other boats • Example picture being 72, 73 & 77 and the shore: of Windsurfing • Discuss how to set up handheld VHF radios with remote microphones, carry on the o Communication methods Courses: person and use effectively in strong wind conditions and techniques on the http://i217.photob race course between the • Discuss the need to conduct Radio Checks prior to departure – refer to Coroners report ucket.com/albums race management and for 18ft Skiff /cc11/d0uglass/di safety boats • Discuss disaster/crisis/major incident management plans agram.jpg o Hand signals • Discuss how ‘codes’ may be used to avoid revealing the scope of incidents to the general public (e.g. Code Yellow) • Discuss typical pre-departure communication list with the Race Officials/Officer may include: o Radio check with all call-signs
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o Codes or other signals o Entry numbers o Reporting of retirements o Reporting of capsized craft o Timing of race marks recovery o Deployment of marks/buoys o Following fleet or positioning to maintain visual contact LEARNING OUTCOMES Participants will understand / TIME ACTIVITIES RESOURCES demonstrate / demonstrate awareness of: Boat Handling – Skills and Techniques 30mins General Skills • Driver to always wear Kill Cord with spare available for the crew in case the driver • Lessons goes overboard Learned – • Demonstrates correct use of kill • Discuss methods of attachment and promote wearing around the thigh or clipped to SBOLL2 – Safer cords at all times Lifejacket, but not around the wrist safety boat • Can stand off other craft • Mention that ‘wireless’ systems are available such as ‘CoastKey’ and ‘AutoTether’ operation • Can come alongside other • Discuss risk of engaging gear accidentally and recommend that all safety boats have (unprotected vessels and sailing craft whilst ‘squeeze – release’ triggers fitted to engine controls throttles, underway • Practice holding station and use this as an assessment of boat handling skills approach, • Outline the reasons for coming alongside another boat or craft whilst underway (e.g. propeller crew change / more stable in wave conditions) guards) • Discuss points of sail for various wind and wave conditions when approaching a • CoastKey sailing vessel underway (http://coastkey. • Discuss avoiding going head to wind once alongside due to boom flailing com/ • Discuss communication prior to approach and approach techniques • AutoTether • If possible practice coming alongside and departing craft under sail or show example (www.autotether video(s) .com)
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LEARNING OUTCOMES TIME Participants will understand / demonstrate ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate awareness of: 30mins General Skills • Discuss methods of approach including beam on and bow into • RYA Safety Boat Handbook wind – Page 90/91 • Revision of MOB recovery techniques • Discuss advantages and disadvantages using RYA Safety Boat from Powerboat Handling Handbook • Discuss what MOB recovery equipment is available vs. what is usually carried • Show images of different equipment • Discuss use of ‘parbuckling’ techniques either improvised or with dedicated equipment on low sided craft 40mins General Skills • Introduce the different types of marks and buoys, anchors, • Wet Note – SBOWN3.1 – chains, and line arrangements Skills & Techniques – Mark • Can lay and recover marker buoys • Discuss the selection of line arrangements for areas with high Laying tidal ranges (such as pulleys) – use image on RYA book page • RYA Safety Boat Handbook 46/47 Page 46/47 – laying and • Practice stowage of buoys in the safety boat for ease of recovering marks deployment – show image of towing marks • Page 47 - Videos of laying • Discuss the types and locations of marks that may be required – and recovery of marks in e.g. starting and finishing lines, turning marks, spacing marks tidal locations • Practice identifying mark locations with use of Global Navigation • Handheld GPS (GNSS) Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as handheld GPS units receiver, including quick user • Discuss GNSS functions such as ‘projecting a waypoint’ guide (or manual) • Practice projecting a waypoint and then go to this destination ISAF Racing Rules of • Using lessons learned highlight the need to Kill Cord use and Sailing (Appendix L – risks of accidental throttle movement Sailing Instructions Guide) • Practice holding station and deploy a mark or the AS Racing Rules Practice recovering the mark (The Blue Book) • Lessons Learned – SBOLL3 – Runaway boat risks lives (manning, kill cords, throttle guards, mark laying)
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LEARNING OUTCOMES TIME Participants will understand / demonstrate ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate awareness of: 30mins General Skills • Discuss the priorities of the Safety Boat crew are usually: • Wet Note – SBOWN3.2 - o Safety of Safety Boat Driver and Crew Skills & Techniques – Lee • Has a working knowledge of techniques o Safety of persons being assisted Shore Scenarios for dealing with lee-shore scenarios o Safety of others in the area • Local boating map o Prevention of further damage to craft • Fenders and towing line o Recovery of disabled craft (floating / polypropylene) • Using the local map discuss possible lee shores and their hazards • Discuss what is involved in assessing the situation: o Risks to the person being assisted o Wind and tidal effects on own craft o Waves and rebound effects o Surf o Underwater hazards – rocks and shoals o Equipment available • Discuss the methods available including: o Throwing line / heaving line o Floating line with or without fender o Direct approach o Drift down from anchor • Practice some methods on a non-hazardous shore line (e.g. onto a beach) Discuss communicating the situation to Race Officials / Officer
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LEARNING OUTCOMES TIME Participants will understand / demonstrate ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate awareness of: Towing 40mins Towing • Discuss scenarios where multiple tows may be required for training • Wet Note – SBOWN3.3 – fleets such as OziOpti Tacker Dinghy, International Optimist Skills & Techniques – How to • How to rig multiple tows Dinghy, Bic, or other ‘learn to sail’ craft rig Multiple Tows • Include towing to/from safe start/finishing area, including in and out • RYA Safety Boat Handbook of marinas – Page 50 (towing a string of • Discuss towing capability of safety boat and engine size dinghies) • Discuss typical learn to sail fleet is 6 to 8 boats (maximum 8 boats • RYA Safety Boat Handbook per instructor) – Page 56 - Appendix 3: • Mention the ideal tow for Pacer Dinghy is three, maximum six Knots for the Safety Boat • Demonstrate how to set up the bridle – floating line, clear of crew (round turn & two half- propeller, attached to strong points, and method of slipping for hitches) emergencies • Demonstrate and practice round turn and two half hitches • Discuss standard and existing painter lines – e.g. Optimist 8 or 9metre floating ski braid – mention how to tide them onto a tow line bridle • Emphasise need to take up load gradually and slow down early • Discuss avoiding head to wind with sails up – keep wind slightly off bow when towing upwind Daisy Chain • Show students the daisy chain method (this can be done ashore) – show how to connect boats, where to tie painter lines, and where strong points exist such as toe straps or dedicated towing points (usually mast) • Discuss limitations such as suitability for light wind/wave conditions; and the heavy load on 1st boat in chain • Highlight that the last boat keeps rudder down to steer, and you only need a person in the final boat Herringbone • Show students a herringbone tow line • Use pre-tied loops with round turn & 2 half-hitches / bowlines, or use rolling hitches • Explain that crew must steer and weight needs to be aft • Discuss the need for communications with the sailor (i.e. lower sails, raise centreboard, weight aft & steer to follow the safety boat, what will happen when you arrive at destination)
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LEARNING OUTCOMES TIME Participants will understand / demonstrate ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate awareness of: 30mins Towing • Discuss the types & designs, and materials used for constructing • Wet Note – SBOWN3.4 – high performance boats: Skills & Techniques – • Towing fragile high performance boats o Foiling Moths – single person, carbon fibre, brittle, wand, Fragile, high performance & foil, spectra lines, no trapeze, and expensive (AU$37,000 alongside tows new) • Foiling Moth website o 29er, 49er, 49er FX – two person skiffs, carbon mast and (www.mach2boats.com) boom, spectra lines, trapeze o RS600 – single person, carbon mast, trapeze o 10ft, 12ft, 14ft, 16ft, 18ft Skiffs • Discuss common scenario being either equipment failure (such as dismasting, spars, sails, deck hardware, rudders and foils); or injuries • High performance sailors may request access to tools from safetyboat such as rubber mallet & pliers to de-rig and remove pins • Highlight that boats are fragile and the priority is to ask the skipper where to attach towing lines • Typical towing points will be from a bow fitting or the mast • Discuss speed of tow, for example foiling moths will lift if towed fast • Emphasise drop sails & trying to trim the bow up • Brisbane Skiff Club advice for 10ft Skiff is to secure the tow line by forming a loop over the bumpkin / spinnaker prod near the stem and securing the free end to the mast by at least 3 open turns, the free end to be held by a crew member remaining with the towed skiff. No knots are to be used. For 12ft & 18ft Skiffs they state that the tow line must be secured to the mast by at least two (2) open turns with the free end to be held by a crew member
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LEARNING OUTCOMES TIME Participants will understand / demonstrate ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate awareness of: 30mins Towing • Describe suitable safety boats - towing alongside is better when • Wet Note – PBHWN7.1 – provided by RIBs (soft sided boats) - must be soft sided boats Skills & Techniques – • Can tow alongside • Revise teaching points of towing alongside from Start Towing Powerboating – for dealing with powerboats and heavier dinghies Scenarios may include: • Windsurfers – tired sailors, learn to sail stuck upwind or downwind • Dinghies – often semi submerged with breached buoyancy compartment • Training Dinghies needing a short tow – with sail/mast laid across boat (optimists can be positioned on top of safety boat) • Boats with narrow hulls or wings such as skiffs, 14’s and Moths – place wing on top of RIB – be very wary of apparent wind • Reinforce the need to always ask skippers for advice – this is rule number one for high performance craft Practice As a group, set up an alongside tow with any type of dinghy or other boat and practice manoeuvring
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LEARNING OUTCOMES TIME Participants will understand / demonstrate ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate awareness of: Rescue and Towing Techniques for specific vessels 40mins Dinghy • Discuss and agree on terminology – highlight that a capsize • Wet Note – SBOWN4.1 – • Can demonstrate the correct approach involves going past 90degrees and Inversions mean upside down Rescue of Other Craft – • Can right capsized and inverted Dinghies • Show 5min video of two handed capsize recovery (Dinghy General Dinghy Rescue Instructor Resource) Techniques • Mention that capsize will not always result in Inversion – i.e. Crew • Secumar brand ‘Airbags for may be able to prevent this, or in shallow water the mast may be Dinghies’ (LINK) – known as stuck in the mud Anti-inversion cushions • Inversion prevention options include in mast flotation, anti- • RYA Safety Boat eBook – inversion cushions, and other floats – show Secumar products on Page 6 (Righting a boat, website guiding principles) • Discuss that many boats have righting lines stowed under the • Dinghy Instructor resources - gunwale and secured by elastic Video of 2handed capsize recovery (You Tube) Key Considerations • Wind direction • Head count • Crew first, boat second • Crew separated from boat – standard MOB procedure • Injured persons – scoop and run • Mention that the ‘scoop’ method described in the RYA book is generally not taught or practised within Australia – it is a suitable method for experienced sailors, but can lead to fatigue for beginners due to repeated capsize • Capsized with Crew at dagger board – approach Mast tip to prevent inversion • Inverted with Crew at boat – come alongside facing same direction as Dinghy on Windward side • Protect the safety boat - check the water for sails and lines esp. spinnakers Righting Basics • Use Page 6 of Safety Boat eBook to show approach to righting the boat - heading down-wind, stern and engine into wind – this provides control • In all methods the sail should blow away from you • Boats can be rotated by raising the mast tip and holding this on the safety boat whilst manoeuvring around
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LEARNING OUTCOMES TIME Participants will understand / demonstrate ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate awareness of: 30mins Dinghy – Optimist Designs • Introduce the Optimist design of Dinghy and state that when it • Wet Note – SBOWN4.2 – capsizes it will always inverts quickly Rescue of Other Craft – • Can demonstrate the correct approach • Discuss how sailor size and fatigue may result in the need for Optimist Techniques • Can right capsized and inverted Dinghies assistance to get back on top the hull • RYA Safety Boat eBook – • Always release the mainsheet and kicking Strap / Vang as soon as Page 16 & 17 – optimist possible to prevent mainsail powering up dinghy techniques • Once righted hold craft alongside the safety boat and help crew to bail and regain confidence • You may be able to lift the bow of the Optimist onto the safety boat and empty water – beware the dagger board which may need removing before re-launching 30mins Dinghy – Single & Double Handed • Describe method: • Wet Note – SBOWN4.3 – Designs • Manoeuvre the safety boat to the mast tip pointing same direction Rescue of Other Craft – as dinghy Single & Double-handed • Can demonstrate the correct approach • Switch engine off designs • Can right capsized and inverted Dinghies • Ensure crew are at dagger board • Release the mainsheet and kicking Strap / Vang as soon as possible to prevent mainsail powering up • Lift mast slowly and ‘walk’ hands down mast • Assist sailor(s) as necessary • Demonstrate and practice righting capsized and inverted dinghies 40mins Dinghy - High Performance Designs • Explain that with experienced sailors assistance is usually due to • Wet Note – SBOWN4.4 – gear failure (most common), injury or fatigue Rescue of Other Craft – High • Can demonstrate the correct approach • Speak with the crew to find out what assistance they require Performance Techniques • Can right capsized and inverted Dinghies • Release the mainsheet and kicking Strap / Vang as soon as possible to prevent mainsail powering up
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LEARNING OUTCOMES TIME Participants will understand / demonstrate ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate awareness of: 40mins (Dinghy) Multihull Techniques • Discuss that measures to prevent inversion should be considered • Wet Note – SBOWN4.5 – • Knows how to right multihulls: for training fleets (various floats available including North Sails Rescue of Other Craft – o Prevention ‘floatie’) Multi-hull Techniques o Capsize • Show pictures of the righting lines that are normally stowed in • RYA Safety Boat eBook – o Inversion pockets at the mast base Page 28 & 29 • Explain how to prevent a capsize becoming an inversion by: o Holding the mast o Putting weight on the hull o No weight on the mast or sails Method • Explain that when righting the wind should be blowing against the trampoline and assisting • Discuss how to rotate boats into the wind – the crew can do this by putting weight on the lower hull at the Bow – this will cause the boat to pivot around this point and the hull to be downwind of the mast and sails • Safety boat should be upwind • Lift mast to assist crew • Ensure both crew on the lower hull • Mainsheet and jib sheets un-cleated • Recover spinnakers prior to righting – cutting the halyard close to head of sail may be necessary • Crew will use righting line to right boat and will drop into water between hulls and grab the Dolphin striker or front beam to prevent the boat from capsizing again • Safety boat can then come alongside and assist Inversions • For inversions the crew should use a righting line led over the windward hull • Crew should stand at the back of the leeward hull to lift the bow of the windward hull • This will encourage the mast to come to the surface and the safety boat can assist with lifting the mast and rotating the boat to place the mast downwind of the hulls • Safety boat can also assist by pulling the boat over using a tow line – this should be connected to the safety boat Painter (of attachment point) – keep a safe distance
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LEARNING OUTCOMES Participants will understand TIME ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate / demonstrate awareness of: 40mins Dinghy • Explain why it is important to understand entrapment, and that a number of fatalities may have been prevented by better • Wet Note – SBOWN4.6 – Rescue of Other • Knows how to deal with training, equipment, and organisation Craft – Entrapments entrapments • Explain that the RYA found entrapments can happen in all • Entrapments (right the boat, 1st Aid & CPR) conditions, not just heavy weather • Lessons Learned – SBOLL1 – 18 foot skiff • Discuss AS Safety Information Notice 1 in response to one entrapment (training, checklists, knifes) fatality – focus on quote ‘all efforts should be directed towards • Safety Information Notice (SIN) 1 of 2015 – righting the boat’ Trapeze harnesses and entrapment • Talk through Lessons Learned • Coroner’s Report • Discuss equipment – show the different types, designs, and • RYA Safety Boat eBook – Page 32 to 33 methods of releasing trapeze harnesses, including quick • 2003/2004 report on Entrapment by the RYA release • 2012 US Sailing - Tests of Sailor Retrieval, • Discuss equipment - explain that a Racing Fleet is typically Capsize Recovery, and Entrapment required to carry Knives but this may differ to what is actually • Quote from US Report ‘our tests reinforce the carried - show a good example of a safety knife (serrated) RYA’s observation that a decisive way to • Discuss that when approaching the scene the safety boat address entrapment is to immediately right the should be considering what the sail plan is likely to be, whether boat by putting weight on the centerboard. righting is an option, and what method may work best U.S. Sailing and other organizations should • Highlight that approaching an inverted vessel should be slow – consider establishing this as doctrine’ try to quickly account for everyone – consider the type of craft, • YA Safety Information Notice 1 of 2013 – course, and where people are likely to be Trapeze Harnesses • Try to come alongside the Dinghy in the same direction as the • Nedlands fatality – mother dived into water hull is lying and drowned – don’t dive under • Keep the propeller away from people • Good example of a Harness Rescue Tool • For Skiffs lift gunwale onto safety boat and secure to the boat – (suitable knife) this will help you to look under the boat and manoeuvre if • Trapeze Harness manufacturer’s include: necessary • http://www.zhik.com/ • For single handers focus on righting the boat as a priority • https://www.gillmarine.com/au/ • If mast is stuck in mud focus on lifting boat onto safety boat • Safety of life takes priority over equipment – if somebody is trapped by a harness and/or trampoline use the knife • Safety boat crew may be able to enter the water and reach under to assist – avoid diving into the water – it’s ideal to be wearing a Level 50 lifejacket (PFD 3) • Watch video on solving entrapments - page 32 of eBook titled ‘Dinghy inverted, suspected missing crew’
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LEARNING OUTCOMES Participants will understand TIME ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate / demonstrate awareness of: 30mins Windsurfer • Approaching training fleet – participant on top of large board with small sail – approach • Wet Note – • Can demonstrate the correct mast tip facing same direction as board SBOWN4.7 – approach • Switch off engine and move the windsurfer across the safety boat – windsurfer can then Rescue of Other • Can recover a single board transfer into safety boat Craft – Windsurfer without disassembly • Rotate mast so it is facing upwind and drive windsurfer to destination Techniques • Can recover a person from • Approaching performance sailor in high winds – take care in approach due to high • RYA Safety Boat the water powered and more fragile sail - board may not support weight of sailor at rest and will eBook – Page 36 to • Knows techniques for sink if sat upon 37 recovering multiple boards • Rig may need to be detached from board or completely de-rigged – highlight issues of • MOB dummy (or and sails tensioned rigs and difficulty / hazards of de-rig afloat alternative device) • Watch video on how to detach the rig from the board – RYA eBook page 37 • Windsurfer – • If sailor is in the water use standard MOB recovery techniques from Start Powerboating complete – design • If Multiple Boards and Sails, they can be laid across safety boat alternating from one side to other • Emphasise that not removing rigs is usually the best option • Demonstrate and practice approaching and recovering windsurfers • Mention that windsurfer techniques may be adapted and used on ‘un-stayed’ dinghys 15mins Kayaks • Explain that Kayakers sit with legs in front and use double bladed paddles; Canoeists sit • Wet Note – • Knows the correct approach or kneel and use a single bladed paddle SBOWN4.8 – • Knows how to rescue • Discuss the features of a Kayak: sealed, narrow, fast, manoeuvrable, may have a rudder, Rescue of Other different types of less stable than a canoe, usually floats after capsize Craft – Kayak & kayak/canoe • Discuss features of a Canoe: open, wide stable, easier to enter from water, more storage Canoe Techniques Knows how to return the space, usually has some buoyancy compartments • Wiki explanation of paddler to the kayak/canoe • Kayaks are difficult to re-enter from the water – experienced Kayakers use Eskimo rolls – Kayak vs. Canoe beginners will struggle and may tire from the effort • RYA Safety Boat • Canoes if capsized may be full of water and will need bailing – may be difficult to enter eBook - Page 38 to from water but easier than Kayaks 40 • Approach slowly – avoid any wash • Conduct head count and communicate • Assist paddlers from the water into safety boat – engine off • Empty Kayaks/Canoes of water and support alongside • A paddle across the beam can provide stability whilst the paddler re-enters • Towing is possible if paddler is too cold, or wishes to discontinue – use attachment points on Kayak/Canoe – beware of veering from side to side • If Kayaks/Canoes are available, demonstrate and practice emptying water and assisting entry
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LEARNING OUTCOMES Participants will understand TIME ACTIVITIES RESOURCES / demonstrate / demonstrate awareness of: 15mins Kitesurfing • Scenarios may include: • Wet Note – • Knows the correct approach o Lost board SBOWN4.9 – • Knows how to handle, o Gear failure or damage Rescue of Other deflate and recover a kite o Injury, fatigue, or inexperienced learner Craft – Kiteboard from the water o Offshore wind – unable to self-rescue Techniques • Watch ISAF Video - Describe the equipment: Kite (deflation point usually at centre of • Video from ISAF leading edge), Lines (20metres typical), Harness (two safety releases - 1st release at front Development of harness will prevent kite from flying, 2nd release disconnects completely), Board YouTube Channel – (doesn’t have leash) Kiteboard Training • Hazard - Describe what will happen if kite fills with wind – may rise and drag rider down Resources (Self wind Rescue and Pack- • Approach rider from 90degrees to wind – avoid lines down 2.5minutes) • Ask “do you need assistance?” • RYA Safety Boat • Ask – “have you pulled your 1st safety?” eBook – page 42 to • Approach kite from 90degrees to wind – avoid lines 45 • Hazard - beware of grabbing lines – there is a lot of potential energy and lines may cut you • Grab leading edge and bring on board – low and inverted - deflate as a priority • Recover lines into a bucket • Last resort in strong winds – puncture leading edge • Watch video(s) from Conference or Safety Boat eBook Closure, Summary, Debrief 30mins Course Closure, Summary & • Participants can demonstrate the correct process in packing up all associated safety boat • AS Powerboat Debrief equipment Syllabus & Log • Pack up equipment • Students will demonstrate an understanding of the key elements for each of the skills • Summarise key learning they learnt in the session. outcomes • Discuss opportunities for practice and improvement • Collate course feedback and ideas for improvement • Sign log books and outline the certificate issue process
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