Module 1 is the Introduction to Yachting Official document
The International Recreational Crew Certificate is divided to 6 modules, module 2 gets us under way and you will be learn about safety on board a boat and the use of the life raft and medical kit, fire extinguishers, flares, life jackets and safety harnesses. What clothing and footwear is suitable for the varying types of conditions met while sailing. Seasickness and it's symptoms, cause and avoidance. How various equipment works including: battery selector switch, bilge pumps, cabin lights, cooker & butane/propane gas, heads and water pumps together with general housekeeping rules. You will learn a very basic theory of how a diesel engine works along with maintenance procedures such as checking the level of the oil, changing the oil, changing filters, ensuring the flow of cooling water to the engine and how to alter impellors. You will be taught how to keep a good and effective lookout, which should be maintained at all times, while under way. You will take a look at basic navigation, course plotting, nautical charts, safe passage conditions, tides and currents and weather forecasts.
On the practical aspect, module 3, you will learn how to coil a line and secure it to a cleat, tie a quantity of knots and use typically the winches. You will learn how to secure the boat for sea and then how to leave a good berth, once under way you will undertake the duties of a lookout, learn how to hoist together with set the sails and while helming the boat undergo tack and gybe workout routines. You will anchor the boat and go through man overboard recovery routine.
Module 4 is theoretical and you will look at the Global Regulations for Collision Reduction or the "rules from the road". Specifically looking at lights, shapes, and sound signals. You will take a look at some more sail management techniques, there is more use charts and compass and to conclude you will take a look at marine customs, etiquette and manners.
The next practical element includes safety checks and look at the through hull fittings, engine warning lights and alarms and the emergency fuel cut down. You will learn deck seamanship with increased docking and mooring workout routines. More sail work, bending on, hoisting, lowering, reefing mainsails, handling sheets, lines, halyards, outhauls and sail trim. You will find out more skills at the helm, tacking, gybing, sailing a triangular course, sailing a compass course and heaving to.
Module 6 looks at both theory and start doing of Dinghy/Tender handling. You will learn the different types for tenders, engines, spares and maintenance and safety accessories. On the practical side you will learn to row, how to move under power, launch and recover and even transfer to and from the dinghy to the motorboat or dock.
This section concludes with an assessment of theoretical experience and practical skills accumulated. At the of this course you will be a useful crew new member on any small luxury boat.
The Radio Operator/Communications Certificate is a stand alone module. You will learn how to operate a good radio including emergency message or calls, calling ship to ship, ship to shore, the types of marine radios available and the regulations governing it's take advantage of. An examination concludes the course.
The next 5 modules are the International Watchkeeper/Flotilla Skipper Official document
Number 8 is theoretical and looks at the responsibilities of a good watchkeeper, charts and chartwork, the compass, magnetism and concludes with a look at buoys and marks.
The next practical module concentrates on safety including a briefing that should be given to crew members should they join the vessel and talks about the galley area which if you are not used correctly can be a danger to all those agreeable. The rest of the section is devoted to boat handling and develops in the skills learnt in this International Recreational Crew Instrument course.
Back to theory in the next module with a take a look at basic first aid. More work is done with the International Ordinances for Collision Avoidance. Finally you will take a further look at marine customs, manners and today's ever increasing legal requirements.
In module 11, the next practical stage you will prepare a passage approach, and while undertaking a short passage work still extra on boat handling knowledge.
This section concludes with an assessment of theoretical experience and practical skills accumulated.
You have now reached a level that entitles you towards the International Certificate of Skills or ICC. It is suggested that the skippers of vessels are required to hold this by some Europe. I have never been requested mine by the authorities and I understand of no one posessing. It is also advocated that some companies require it prior to allowing charter to a boat. Again I have not come across this during practise.
The next three modules make up the International Bareboat Skipper Certificate and also the first looks at overtaking a vessel and the data that is checks on hull together with rig, machinery and techniques, instruments, safety equipment, spares, tools, fuel, water and provisions. It looks at tides and currents and what causes them. You will learn how to use tide tables and gain an understanding primary and secondary locations. There is some more chartwork which includes position fixing and plotting a course to steer to counteract a present. The section concludes with a look at the responsibilities of typically the Skipper, their communication with and delegation to the crew.
On the practical side you will develop sailing skills with increased general deck work, ropes, knots, splices, the care and use of lines. There is more vessel handling work among them anchoring, berthing, mooring, handling in confined areas as well as handling with currents.
This section concludes utilizing module 16 and includes a look at the weather and sources of weather information, personal observations, weather patterns, land and sea breezes, the various cloud formations, rain and fog. You will discover pilotage. There is an in depth look at passage preparation including pilot books, almanacs, considerations for passage planning, coastal passages, passage strategy, port regulations, pilotage plans. Finally you will take a further look at the International Regulations for Crash Avoidance.
This section concludes with an assessment of theoretical experience and practical skills accumulated
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