Nautical Skills stage 3
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- Take part in at least two one-hour taster sessions in two different water based activities. By the end of the session you should be competent at controlling your craft. You could try:
- canoeing
- a powered activity like yachting
- pulling
- sailing
- windsurfing.
- Show that you know how to act safely in your chosen activity if you are involved in a capsize or man overboard situation.
- Show how to check water depth using a method appropriate to your activity so that you don't ground or beach. Try a method normally used in your activity
- Show how to tie a clove hitch, a bowline knot, and a round turn and two half-hitches. Explain when these would be used.
- Name the parts of one type of watercraft.
- Demonstrate and explain what clothing is suitable for the activities used in your chosen activity.
- Explain the basic safety rules that apply to your chosen activity.
- Explain the difference between a buoyancy aid and a life jacket, when each should be used and how they function. Show how they are worn.
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