Basic Crew Standard
OBJECTIVE

At the completion of the Basic
Crew Standard you should be able to act as competent crew while cruising safely in familiar waters aboard
a sloop rigged keel boat of 6 - 10 metres in moderate wind and sea conditions by day.
PREREQUISITES
None.
ASHORE KNOWLEDGE - Basic
Crew Standard
This section is the same as
the Basic Cruising
Standard sections I through VII, Performance Objectives
1-30.
AFLOAT
SKILLS
(18 hours minimum) Boat should be
a 6 - 10 metre, sloop rigged keel boat.
Section VIII:
Preliminaries
You must be able
to:
- Demonstrate on land the correct method of
putting on a personal flotation device in the water;
- Demonstrate the correct use of a heaving
line;
- Carry out a check of the boat's gear and
equipment in accordance with Sail
Canada Cruising Boat
Checklist and demonstrate use and care of onboard
equipment;
- Select, bend on, check and stow
sails;
- Coil a line and secure (sea
coil);
- Properly stow lines and
fenders;
- Demonstrate how to belay a
cleat;
- Demonstrate safe winch techniques with
particular emphasis on:
a) possible high strain on sheet/halyard
b) how to avoid riding turns (and how to clear)
c) position of hands/fingers
d) winch handles - fitting and removal.
Section IX: Manoeuvring
Under Power
You must be able
to:
- Start auxiliary engine on boat,
observing commonly accepted safety practices;
- Come to a full stop with stern one half boat
length away from a buoy using reverse. (The objective of this manoeuvre is to know how much distance is
required to bring a boat to a full stop. Vessel is to be kept on a straight course while the manoeuvre is
being carried out);
- Manoeuvre a boat under power to a position
alongside and parallel to a dock portside to and starboardside to not more than two feet off without the aid of
lines, without the stern passing a given mark at any time during the manoeuvre;
- Apply Rules 5 through 18 of the
Collision Regulations as applied
to a boat under power;
- Handle the ground tackle or assist in the
lowering and setting of an anchor under power in water more than 3 meters in depth while at the helm or
assisting under the direction of a skipper. The anchor must not drag when tested under engine power at
half-throttle astern;
- Raise anchor under the direction of the
skipper with boat ready and get under way, at the helm or handling ground tackle, using commonly accepted
practices under power.
Section X: Boat Handling
Under Sail
You must be able to:
- Hoist the basic sails while under
power/at anchor, or mooring (head to wind, main sail first), set appropriate luff tensions, and flake
halyards;
- Apply Rules 5 through 18 of the
Collision Regulations as applied
to a boat under sail;
-
Act as crew responding to commands while
demonstrating the proper techniques of beating, reaching and running; tacking and gybing; heading up,
bearing away, luffing and heaving to; using the following commands and responses:
Commands |
Responses |
Alert |
"Head Up" |
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"Bear
Away" |
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"Ease
Sheets" |
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"Harden
Sheets" |
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"Ready
About" |
"Ready" |
"Helms-Alee" |
"Ready to
Gybe" |
"Ready" |
"Gybe-Ho" |
- Demonstrate as crew, trimming of sails
either in response to course changes or wind shifts and prepare sails for tacking or gybing with verbal
response "Ready";
- Reduce sail by reefing and shake out a reef
while keeping boat under control, either at the helm or controlling the sails, as commanded by the
skipper;
- Demonstrate in response to the skipper's
actions/commands, while under sail, the Triangle Method Crew Overboard
procedure;
- Bring the boat into irons, unassisted, in
response to a Crew Overboard situation. Lower sails ensuring on-board control of all lines, start the engine,
and manoeuvre the boat under power to a successful Crew Overboard return.
NOTE: Both Performance
Objectives (PO's) 20 and 21 above must be completed in reasonable time without losing sight of the victim or
marker in the water;
- Lower sail while under power or at anchor or
a mooring.
Section XI: Making Fast and
Snugging Down
You must be able
to:
- Secure a boat to a dock to
prevent excessive movement and set out fenders correctly;
- Stop auxiliary engine and secure when
departing boat for night, observing commonly accepted safety practices;
- Demonstrate how to secure a boat for the
night using appropriate dock lines;
-
Tie the following knots, bends and hitches
within 30 seconds each:
a) Reef knot |
d) Bowline |
b) Figure
eight |
c) Clove
hitch |
c) Double sheet
bend |
f) Round turn and two half
hitches. |
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