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Radio Operators Proficiency Certificate
2012 Apr 6
Big boat passage to Martha Cove planned.

The training component associated with this event relates to passage planning. Each boat needs to prepare a passage plan for presentation at the Briefing and Planning session 1.30 on 24 March.

Skippers will individually or collectively determine their departure and course to meet at Martha Cove from April 6 until whenever.
    2012 Jan 26
Big boat passage to Queenscliff has been deferred until Easter.

Alternate activities of a training nature planned for Australia Day weekend and weekends leading to April 2012 will be available shortly. Any theory will be conducted in the Club Room while the emphasis will be practical and in the context of participants own boat. Some of the topics to be covered are:

  • Knowing Your boat - safety, issues, what's risky, what's not
  • Basics - Ropework and Marina boat handling
  • Compass Course Sailing, controlled gybe, reefing, open water boat handling
  • Heaving to, MOB, Anchoring, heavy weather
  • Passage Planning, basic charts, right of way
  • Sail trim, crash & control tack

    The sessions will be led by experienced seafarers and will be hands on. There will be some bass strait work and likely some heavy weather sailing.

Please let a Committee person know of any topic you may wish to follow up. Our approach is one that will complement the established RYA/AYF courses by providing practical experience in a controlled environment. We recommend that all sailors attend the Competent Crew, Day Skipper and Coastal Skipper courses run by a number of Sail Training schools.
Warning: Anyone participating in an event coordinated by Yaringa Mariners Club Inc does so at their own risk. It is the sole responsibility of the skipper/owner to decide whether to put to sea or continue sailing.