Boat Training Options for the German Navy, BGS and others

Basic Course

Preparation

• Safety brief & equipment

• Line handling and use of fenders

• Boat and systems checks

• Basic passage planning

Engineering

• Systems - Oils Fuel and Water

• Basic fault finding

Boat Handling Techniques

• Launching and recovery

• Effects of current and tide

• High and low speed maneuvering

• Propeller effects

• Securing to a buoy

• Anchoring

• Leaving and coming alongside

• Man overboard procedures

• Basic navigation at sea/pilotage

• Emergency actions

Theory

• Boat husbandry

• Collision regulations

• Basic pilotage

• Weather and tides

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