Seamanship & Lifeboat

1. Seaman & His Duties:

Ship's department, general knowledge & nautical terms.

2. Deck Equipment:

Winches, windlass, dericks, cranes, gypsy, capstan, hatches & their functions.

3. Navigational Lights & Signals:

Port & starboard, forward & mast lights, colors & location, look out, precautions in bad weather, flags used on ships, flag etiquette, morse & semaphore signalling, sound signals.

4. Ropes, Knots & Mooring:

Types of knots, practice of knot formation, material of ropes, strength, care & maintenance, use of mooring line, heaving line, rat guards, canvas & its use.

5. Anchors:

Use, dropping, weighing anchor, cable stopper.

6. Navigation:

General knowledge of principal stars, sextant, navigation compasses, echo sounder, log & uses, barometer & weather classification, GMT & zonal time, wireless navigational instruments, radar satellite navigation.

7. Life Boats & Life Rafts:

Construction, equipment carried, carrying capacity, davits & their operation, launching of life rafts, embarkation into lifeboat & life raft, survival pack, stowage & securing arrangement.

8. Abandon Ship:

Manning of lifeboat & life raft, muster list, radio & alarm signals, distress signals, distress calls, time & radio frequency, pyro-techniques.

9. Survival at Sea:

Survival difficulties & factors, equipment available, duties of crew members, initial action on boarding, maintaining the craft.