All level 2 students will be expected to successfully complete a practical demonstration of abilities
and boat handing over a precribed test course. For details of the course click here Level 2 Test Course

Launching and recovery
Knowledge of:

• Use of trailer or lanching trolley
• Consideration of launching and sea conditions,
  including hazards and obstuctions
• Number of persons required to launch/recover
• Construction, width and condition of slipway
• Steep/slippery slipways
• beach launching
• lee shores
  Trailer Care:
  • Care of trailer bearings
  • hitch
  • lashings
  • ties
  • lights and winch
  • Trailer parking

• Prepare the boat, lines, fenders, saftey equiptment,
  fuel tanks, lines and secure gear on board

• Loading: effect on handling and performance,
  effect on balance and trim,
  CE plate and maufacturer's recommendation.
• Displacment boats:
  • handling ahead and astern
  • carrying way

Understands:

• Crew numbers
• Minimum number in high speed craft
• keeping a look out
• Awareness of other water users,
  including effect of wash
• Steering, controls, effects of current or tidal stream
• High speed manoeuvering:
  • Planing
  • Trim tabs
  • Power trim
• Planing boats:
  • Propeller angle and immersion
  • Shallow drive
  • High/low speed handling
  • Tiller/console steering

Can:

• Carry out pre-start checks
  • Engine starting
  • Engine stopping
  • Demonstrate the use of an appropriate
    length of kill cord at all times
• Carry out low speed manoeuvres including:
  • Turning in confined area
  • Effect of wind on bow and holding off
  • Demonstrate an awareness of the danger of flooding when going astern
  • carry out high speed manoeuvres including
    S-turns and U-turns

Securing to a bouy
Understands:

• Preparation of mooring warp
• Use of boat hook
• Method of approach
• Crew communication
• making fast
• Procedure when overshooting

Can:

• Approach and secure to a buoy

Anchoring
Understands:

• Method of approach in various conditions
• Taking way off
• Crew communication
• Check holding
  • Depth of water
  • Holding ground
  • Scope required

Knowledge of:

• Types of anchor
• Preparation of anchor
• Chain and a warp
• Weighing anchor

Can:

• Approach and anchor correctly
• Weigh anchor correctly

Leaving and coming alongside
Understands:

• Preparation and use of painter
  • Lines and fenders
  • Attachment to boat
  • Stowage underway
• Speed and angle of approach
• Wind effect
• Method of approach in tidal stream or current

Can:

• Make fast alongside
• Use springs
• Leave - Ahead or Astern

Man overboard

Knowledge of:

• Recovery of man overboard

Can:

• Take immediate action
• Observe man overboard
• Carry out the correct return with awareness of propeller
• Approach and recover the man in the water

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Knowledge of:

• Types of craft:
  • Advantages and Disadvatages of different
    hull forms with respect to sea keping ability

• Engines and Drives:
  • Advantage and disadvantages of outbourd
  • inboard and outdrive units
  • Single and twin screws

• Choice and use of fuels:
  • Siting of fuel tanks
  • Fuel lines
  • Batteries
  • Wiring
  • Fire extinguishers

• Routine engine checks
• Basic fault diagnosis
• Close down procedure
• Advice to inland drivers about coastal waters
• Use and limitations of GPS
• Application of local byelaws, especially around commercial shipping
• Souces of weather information

Understands:

• Awareness of other water users
• Communications with other craft
  • hand signals
  • Sound signals
• Disabled craft
• Emergency action
• Preventing sinking
• Adrift
  • Aternative means of propulsion
  • Towing and being towed
• Fire precations and fire fighting
• Rope work
• Distress signals and the Mayday call

Can:

Apply IRPCS*
Principally rules 5,6,7,8,9, 12-19

• Rule 5 Look-out
• Rule 6 Safe Speed
• Rule 7 Risk of Collision
• Rule 8 Action to Avoid Collision
• Rule 9 Narrow Channels
• Rule 12 Sailing vessels
• Rule 13 Overtaking
• Rule 14 Head-on Situation
• Rule 15 Crossing Situation
• Rule 16 Action by Give-way Vessel
• Rule 17 Action by Stand-on vessel
• Rule 18 Responsibilities Between Vessels
• Rule 19 Conduct of vessels in Restricted Visibility