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Course Prospectus >> Modules 6 - 10 MODULE 6.1 – Sail Handling
Theory of setting and furling sails
Stepping on/stepping off
Sea stows
Harbour stows
Use of gaskets
Gasket hitch
Points of sail
Explanation of bracing yards for maximum sail performance
Use of bowlines when setting squares for windward performance MODULE 6.2 – Helm and Deck Orders
Full knowledge of helm orders
Full knowledge of deck orders MODULE 7.1 – Rope Splicing
Soft eye
Hard eye
Short splice
Long splice
Back splice MODULE 7.2 – Knots, Bends and Hitches
Thumb
Figure of 8
Reef
Round turn and two half hitches
Bowline
Sheet bend
Double sheet bend
Rolling hitch
Clove hitch
Gasket hitch
Timber hitch
Wall knot
Crown knot
Wall and Crown
Monkey’s Fist (Heaving Line)
Sheepshank
Buntline hitch
Marlinspike hitch
Locking hitch
Constrictor knot
Slipped hitches/knots
Matthew Walker
Turk’s Head
Carrick bend
Blackwall hitch
Cow hitch
Trucker’s hitch
Cock’s combing
Mouse MODULE 8.1 – Seizings
Flat
Round
Racking
Square lashing
Frapping
Robands
Stays’l hank lashings
Use of heaving mallet, marlinspike, fids and pullers MODULE 8.2 – Whippings
Tape
Common
West Country
Sailmaker’s
Needle and palm MODULE 8.3 – Servings
Rope and wire
Worming and parcelling
Starting and finishing
Repairs
Serving mallets and boards
Oiling and tarring MODULE 9.1 – Blocks and Tackles
Block Work:
Parts of a block
Maintenance of blocks
Types of blocks
Strapping
Means of attaching
Purchases and Tackles:
Parts of a tackle
Mechanical advantage
Reeving to advantage and disadvantage
Examples of Purchases and Tackles:
Single whip
Runner
Double Whip
Gun Tackle
Luff
Jigger
Handy Billy
Two and threefold purchases
Luff upon luff MODULE 10.1 – Engine Room
Engine checks – temp, oil pressure, gearbox, belts
Generator checks. Start – Stop – Power supply
Working knowledge of fire and bilge pumps
Gas and fuel supplies – safety shut off valves
Awareness of engine room CO2 gas alarms and system MODULE 10.2 – Electrical Systems
Fuse boards
Electrical awareness - battery conservation
Navigation lights – power supply
Anchor light – power supply
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