unit 14: boating and seamanship for diving leaders
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Unit 14: Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders. Boat Chartering Liveboating VHF Marine Radio Rigging and Using Lines, Floats, and Flags. Student Performance: By the end of the lesson you will be able to:. Describe basics of boating and diving from boats. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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iving Leaders
Unit 14: Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders
• Boat Chartering• Liveboating• VHF Marine Radio• Rigging and Using
Lines, Floats, and Flags
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iving Leaders
Student Performance:By the end of the lesson you will be able to:
• Describe basics of boating and diving from boats.• List the requirements of dive charters and your
responsibilities when chartering a vessel for diving.
• Describe the legally required equipment on charter vessels and what is recommended for diving charters.
• Describe emergency equipment and communications aboard dive vessels.
• Use lines, floats, flags and boat diving procedures.
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iving Leaders
Boat Chartering
• What makes a commercial charter?
• The leader-captain• Getting a captain’s
license
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iving Leaders
Boat Chartering (continued)
• Legally required boating equipment– Lifejackets– Fire extinguishers– Sound signals– Visual distress
signals
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iving Leaders
Boat Chartering (continued)
• Dive boat equipment requirements
• Dive flags and signals
• Recommendations for NAUI leaders
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iving Leaders
Liveboating
• Boat handling for liveboating
• Diver recovery
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iving Leaders
VHF Marine Radio
• Radio capabilities• Channel selection• Calling• Emergency radio calls• The radio template
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Rigging and Using Lines, Floats, and Flags• Typical diving lines– Anchor line– Anchor trip line– Bridle lines– Lead line– Trail line– Descent/ascent line– Shot line– Guide line
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Rigging and Using Lines, Floats, and Flags (continued)
– Decompression line– Back-up
decompression line– Gear line– Buddy line– Drift float line– Navigation/transect line– Rescue line– Search line
• Line hazards and precautions
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iving Leaders
Rigging and Using Lines, Floats, and Flags (continued)
• Diving floats• Training floats• Deploying dive
flags
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iving Leaders
End of Unit 14 Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders
• Boat Chartering• Liveboating• Vhf Marine Radio• Rigging and Using
Lines, Floats, and Flags
Unit 14- B
oating and Seamanship for D
iving Leaders
Student Performance:By the end of the lesson you will be able to:
• Describe basics of boating and diving from boats.• List the requirements of dive charters and your
responsibilities when chartering a vessel for diving.
• Describe the legally required equipment on charter vessels and what is recommended for diving charters.
• Describe emergency equipment and communications aboard dive vessels.
• Use lines, floats, flags and boat diving procedures.