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 Australian Sailing Safety Boat Operator Recommended Run Sheet (Version 2 October 2017) 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.” Australian Sailing Safety Boat Operator Recommended Run Sheet (Version 2 October 2017) 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 Australian Sailing Safety Boat Operator Recommended Run Sheet (Version 2 October 2017) 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 Australian Sailing Safety Boat Operator Recommended Run Sheet (Version 2 October 2017) 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