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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

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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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Boat Chartering

• What makes a commercial charter?

• The leader-captain• Getting a captain’s

license

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Boat Chartering (continued)

• Legally required boating equipment– Lifejackets

– Fire extinguishers

– Sound signals

– Visual distress signals

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Boat Chartering (continued)

• Dive boat equipment requirements

• Dive flags and signals

• Recommendations for NAUI leaders

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Liveboating

• Boat handling for liveboating

• Diver recovery

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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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Rigging and Using Lines, Floats, and Flags (continued)

• Diving floats• Training floats• Deploying dive

flags

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End of Unit 14 Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders

• Boat Chartering• Liveboating• Vhf Marine Radio• Rigging and Using

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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.