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Overview
The Small-Boat Seamanship Manual contains all the information found in the Coast Guard's official 1,200-page training manual, giving you access to the highest standards of seamanship practiced and perfected by professional mariners. In addition to in-depth coverage of boat handling and navigation, you’ll find instructions for dealing with extreme situations, including search and rescue, towing, firefighting, vessel flood management, righting capsized boats, and maneuvering in heavy surf. You’ll also learn about
- Steering with a broken hydraulic line
- Close-quarters maneuvering
- Using the right lines and knots
- Capsize prevention, precautions, and survival techniques
- Change-of-course maneuvers to reduce icing and freezing spray
- Plugging and patching holes for flood control
- Predicting weather
- And much more
This is the U.S. Coast Guard's primary training resource for boat handling and seamanship in conditions ranging from benign to extreme. Now this accumulated wisdom is yours with the Small-Boat Seamanship Manual.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780071468824 |
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Publisher: | McGraw Hill LLC |
Publication date: | 02/16/2006 |
Pages: | 480 |
Sales rank: | 655,377 |
Product dimensions: | 10.86(w) x 11.72(h) x 0.96(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Editor's Introduction | xi | |
Chapter 1 | Boat Crew Duties and Responsibilities | 1 |
Section A | The Boat Crew | 1 |
Section B | Boat Crew Duties | 2 |
Section C | Watchstanding Responsibilities | 5 |
Appendix 1-A | Pre-Underway Checklist | 10 |
Appendix 1-B | Normal Cruising Checklist (Coxswain) | 11 |
Appendix 1-C | Auxiliary Pre-Underway Checklist | 12 |
Chapter 2 | Patrols | 13 |
Section A | Safety Patrols | 13 |
Section B | Regatta Patrols and Marine Parades | 15 |
Section C | Aids to Navigation Patrols | 21 |
Section D | Chart Updating Patrols | 22 |
Section E | Disaster Patrols | 22 |
Section F | Port Security and Maritime Pollution | 22 |
Chapter 3 | Crew Efficiency Factors | 24 |
Section A | Physical Fitness Standards | 24 |
Section B | Crew Fatigue | 26 |
Section C | Motion Sickness | 27 |
Section D | Lethal Fumes | 28 |
Section E | Noise | 29 |
Section F | Drugs and Alcohol | 30 |
Section G | Cold Related Factors | 30 |
Section H | Sun and Heat Related Factors | 33 |
Chapter 4 | Team Coordination and Risk Management | 37 |
Section A | Team Coordination | 37 |
Section B | Team Coordination Standards | 39 |
Section C | Risk Management Process | 42 |
Section D | Informal Crew Briefing and Debriefing | 45 |
Chapter 5 | First Aid | 47 |
Section A | Crew Member's Roles | 47 |
Section B | Treatment for Shock | 49 |
Section C | Resuscitation Methods and Emergencies | 51 |
Section D | Treatment for Wounds, Fractures, and Burns | 54 |
Section E | Environmental Injuries | 63 |
Section F | Miscellaneous Emergencies | 68 |
Chapter 6 | Survival Equipment and Pyrotechnics | 71 |
Section A | Personal Flotation Device (PFD) | 72 |
Section B | Hypothermia Protective Clothing | 76 |
Section C | Headgear | 80 |
Section D | Boat Crew Signal Kit | 81 |
Section E | Personnel Survival Kit | 85 |
Section F | Pyrotechnics | 86 |
Section G | Rescue and Survival Raft | 88 |
Section H | Emergency Procedures in the Event of Capsizing | 90 |
Chapter 7 | Marlinespike Seamanship | 93 |
Section A | Types and Characteristics of Line | 94 |
Section B | Inspection, Handling, Maintenance, and Stowage of Line | 99 |
Section C | Breaking Strength and Safe Working Load | 103 |
Section D | Knots and Splices | 106 |
Section E | Deck Fittings and Line Handling | 117 |
Appendix 7-A | Estimating the Breaking Strength and Safe Working Load of Lines | 119 |
Appendix 7-B | Estimating the Safe Working Load of Shackles | 121 |
Appendix 7-C | Estimating the Safe Working Load of Hooks | 122 |
Appendix 7-D | Eye Splice in Double Braid Line | 122 |
Chapter 8 | Boat Characteristics | 130 |
Section A | Boat Nomenclature and Terminology | 130 |
Section B | Boat Construction | 131 |
Section C | Watertight Integrity | 138 |
Section D | General Boat Equipment | 139 |
Section E | Troubleshooting Basic Mechanical Problems | 140 |
Chapter 9 | Stability | 150 |
Section A | Safety and Risk Management Control | 150 |
Section B | Understanding Stability | 152 |
Section C | Losing Stability | 155 |
Chapter 10 | Boat Handling | 159 |
Section A | Forces | 160 |
Section B | Basic Maneuvering | 167 |
Section C | Maneuvering Near Other Objects | 179 |
Section D | Maneuvering to or from a Dock | 181 |
Section E | Maneuvering Alongside Another Vessel | 186 |
Section F | Maneuvering in Rough Weather | 188 |
Section G | Maneuvering in Rivers | 196 |
Section H | Anchoring | 199 |
Chapter 11 | Communications | 205 |
Section A | Radio Signal Characteristics | 206 |
Section B | Prowords and Common Abbreviations | 207 |
Section C | Verbal Communications | 209 |
Section D | Radio Operating Procedures | 210 |
Section E | Communicating Between Coast Guard Facilities | 212 |
Section F | Emergency Voice Communications and Distress Signals | 213 |
Section G | Radio Checks | 218 |
Chapter 12 | Weather and Oceanography | 219 |
Section A | Weather | 219 |
Section B | Oceanography | 226 |
Chapter 13 | Aids to Navigation | 234 |
Section A | U.S. Aids to Navigation System | 234 |
Section B | U.S. ATON System Variations | 244 |
Section C | Short-Range Electronic Aids | 246 |
Section D | Radionavigation Systems | 247 |
Section E | The Light List | 248 |
Chapter 14 | Navigation | 250 |
Section A | The Earth and Its Coordinates | 251 |
Section B | Nautical Charts | 254 |
Section C | Magnetic Compass | 261 |
Section D | Piloting | 270 |
Section E | River Sailing | 295 |
Chapter 15 | Search and Rescue | 301 |
Section A | Organization and Responsibility | 302 |
Section B | SAR Emergency Phases | 303 |
Section C | Legal Aspects and U.S. Coast Guard Policy | 304 |
Section D | SAR Incident Information | 309 |
Section E | Search Planning | 311 |
Section F | Search Preparations | 319 |
Section G | Conducting a Search | 320 |
Chapter 16 | Person in the Water Recovery | 321 |
Section A | Recovery Methods | 321 |
Section B | Water Survival Skills | 333 |
Chapter 17 | Towing | 336 |
Section A | Towing Safety | 337 |
Section B | Forces in Towing | 337 |
Section C | Towing Equipment | 342 |
Section D | Standard Towing Procedures | 350 |
Appendix 17-A | Towing Precautions | 368 |
Chapter 18 | Firefighting, Rescue, and Assistance | 370 |
Section A | Safety and Damage Control | 371 |
Section B | Boat Fire Prevention and Susceptible Areas | 372 |
Section C | Fire Theory, Classifications, and Fuel Sources | 375 |
Section D | Extinguishing Agents | 376 |
Section E | Applying Extinguishing Agents | 376 |
Section F | Firefighting Equipment | 380 |
Section G | Firefighting Procedures | 388 |
Section H | Extinguishing Fires | 391 |
Section I | Dewatering | 394 |
Section J | Righting Powerboats and Sailboats | 398 |
Section K | Flood Control | 402 |
Chapter 19 | Air Operations | 404 |
Section A | Helicopters and Equipment | 405 |
Section B | Helicopter Rescue Operations | 409 |
Section C | Helicopter Ditching | 413 |
Section D | Helicopter Salvage and Towing | 415 |
Section E | Fixed-Wing aircraft | 417 |
Appendix 19-A | Sample Briefing to Pass to Vessel Prior to Helicopter | 419 |
Appendix A | ||
Appendix B | Heavy Weather Addendum | 425 |
Section A | Heavy Weather Wave and Surf Characteristics | 425 |
Section B | Heavy Weather Boat Handling | 428 |
Section C | Heavy Weather Piloting | 431 |
Section D | Heavy Weather Person in the Water Recovery | 434 |
Section E | Surf Operations | 436 |
Abbreviations and Acronyms | 445 | |
Glossary | 447 | |
Index | 462 |