Small-Boat Seamanship Manual

by Richard N. Aarons

Overview

Make the U.S. Coast Guard your first mate

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
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	02/16/2006
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	10.86(w) x 11.72(h) x 0.96(d)

About the Author

Richard Aarons was editor at large for Aviation Week magazine and is an avid boater and Coast Guard Auxiliary officer.

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