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Day Skipper Student Checklist Name : 1. Preparation For Sea

The Day Skipper Student Checklist outlines the skills and knowledge required to safely skipper a small cruising yacht by day. It includes 14 sections that cover preparation for sea, deck work, navigation, pilotage, meteorology, safety rules, maintenance, engines, provisioning, emergencies, handling under power, sailing, passage planning, and night cruising. Students must demonstrate proficiency in tasks like navigation, anchoring, mooring, sail handling and emergency procedures, as well as understanding concepts including boat stability, tides, maintenance and weather. The goal is to develop the capabilities needed to pilot and manage a vessel on coastal passages in familiar waters during the day.

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Day Skipper Student Checklist Name : 1. Preparation For Sea

The Day Skipper Student Checklist outlines the skills and knowledge required to safely skipper a small cruising yacht by day. It includes 14 sections that cover preparation for sea, deck work, navigation, pilotage, meteorology, safety rules, maintenance, engines, provisioning, emergencies, handling under power, sailing, passage planning, and night cruising. Students must demonstrate proficiency in tasks like navigation, anchoring, mooring, sail handling and emergency procedures, as well as understanding concepts including boat stability, tides, maintenance and weather. The goal is to develop the capabilities needed to pilot and manage a vessel on coastal passages in familiar waters during the day.

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Day Skipper Student Checklist

Name…………………………………
Aim: The day skipper course is taught on board a cruising yacht of 7m to 15m in length. You will learn
pilotage, navigation, seamanship and boat handling up to the standard required to skipper a small
cruising yacht safely by day in waters with which you are familiar.

1. Preparation for sea


KNOWLEDGE OF:
 Basic stability and buoyancy for small vessels
CAN:
 Prepare a cruising vessel for sea, including engine checks, securing and stowage of all gear
on deck and below
 Selection of sails

2. Deck work
CAN:
 Prepare an anchor, mooring warps and take charge on deck when mooring alongside, coming
to a buoy, anchoring, weighing anchor and slipping from a buoy or an alongside berth
 Reef, shake out reefs and change sails to suit prevailing conditions

3. Navigation
Is proficient in chartwork and routine navigational duties on passage including:
KNOWLEDGE OF:
 The uses and limitations of AIS
UNDERSTANDS:
 Working up a dead reckoning (DR) and estimated position (EP)
 How to work out a course to steer to allow for tidal stream, leeway and drift
 Use of lead line or similar
CAN:
 Estimate tidal heights and tidal streams
 Take and plot visual fixes and use electronic navigation equipment for position fixing
 Use secondary means of position fixing
 Use waypoints and routes
 Use knowledge of IALA buoyage
 Maintain navigational records
 Use an echo sounder

4. Pilotage
CAN:
 Prepare and execute a pilotage plan for entry into, or departure from, harbour
 Use leading and clearing lines
 Use transits and soundings as aids to pilotage

5. Meteorology
UNDERSTANDS:
 How to interpret shipping forecasts and use a barometer as a forecasting aid
CAN:
 Source forecast information

6. Rule of the road


CAN:
 Demonstrate a practical understanding of the international regulations for preventing
collisions at sea

Jolly Parrot Sailing


T: +350 5401 5456 / +350 5403 1458
info@jollyparrot.co.uk
7. Maintenance and rope work
KNOWLEDGE OF:
 The properties and uses of common synthetic rope
UNDERSTANDS:
 Maintenance tasks and is able to carry them out

8. Engines
Has a working knowledge of the prevention of common engine faults and is competent in the following
areas:
UNDERSTANDS:
 The need for periodic maintenance checks on engines and electrical installations
 Requirements for toolkits, spares and lubricants
 The location of filters and bleed points for fuel
 The tension of drive belts and how to adjust or replace them
CAN:
 Carry out checks before starting, while running and after stopping
 Clean water filters and knows location of impellors
 Estimate fuel consumption at various speeds and know the effects of fouling
 Basic trouble shooting

9. Victualing
UNDERSTANDS:
 How to victual a cruising vessel appropriately for the planned passage

10. Emergency situations


UNDERSTANDS:
 How to issue distress signals by all available means, including distress flares and a VHF radio
in an emergency
 How to use a life raft
 How to secure a tow
 Rescue procedures including helicopter rescue
 The effects of cold water shock on a casualty in the water
 The aftercare requirements of a casualty who has been in the water
CAN:
 Carry out the correct action as skipper for the recovery of a man overboard

11. Handling under power


KNOWLEDGE OF:
 Effects of waves on boat handling and crew comfort
UNDERSTANDS:
 Differing styles of hull and propulsion systems
 How to moor and leave a bow/ stern-to mooring (practical experience where possible)
CAN:
Carry out the following manoeuvres under power in various wind and tide conditions:
 Steer a straight course
 Turn in a confined space
 Anchor at a pre-determined position
 Berth alongside
 Leave an alongside berth
 Pick up a mooring buoy
 Be aware of other water users

Jolly Parrot Sailing


T: +350 5401 5456 / +350 5403 1458
info@jollyparrot.co.uk
12. Yacht handling under sail
UNDERSTANDS:
 The characteristics and types of different keel
CAN:
 Bring a boat safely to and from a mooring buoy, and anchor under various conditions of wind
and tide
 Steer and trim sails effectively on all points of sailing

13. Passage-making
KNOWLEDGE OF:
 Marina locks
CAN:
 Plan and make a coastal passage, taking into account relevant navigational hazards and
limitations imposed by the type of boat and strength of the crew

14. Night cruising


KNOWLEDGE OF:
 Has experienced cruising at night, including leaving and entering harbour
UNDERSTANDS:
 Special considerations for pilotage plans, keeping a lookout and identifying marks by night

Jolly Parrot Sailing


T: +350 5401 5456 / +350 5403 1458
info@jollyparrot.co.uk

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