AFLOAT SKILLS

The candidate must be able to:

1. Act as skipper and responsible crew on a passage of no less than 5 days, covering at least 500 nautical miles and venturing at least 100 nautical miles from the nearest land;
2. Obtain, reduce and plot a celestial fix using a sun-run-sun method;
3. Obtain, reduce and plot a night time celestial fix using 3 bodies;
4. Make a celestial compass deviation check;
5. Obtain the available weather information by radio while underway and interpret the forecast;
6. Coordinate the recovery of a simulated crew overboard, sailing a minimum of 5 minutes on a steady course after falling overboard;
7. Demonstrate the various possible techniques to be used in heavy weather situations;
8. Maintain a proper and legal ship's log;
9. Demonstrate ability to sail at the advanced level of skill;
10. Demonstrate ability to assume total competent command of all operations of the vessel and its crew in an offshore environment.