1983 Ranger Guide Certificates and Qualifications
Oarsman Permit
- Show a knowledge of the Safety Rules of the Association, which apply when boating.
- Understand the procedure to prevent accidents and the standard of efficiency and courtesy expected of members of the Association afloat.
- Know the common terms used in connection with rowing boats and name the parts of a boat.
- Row a boat with at least one other person, under the instructions of a coxswain, responding quickly and intelligently to boat orders.
- Manage a dinghy or similar craft single-handed in response to instructions, to include getting under way, turning, backing, bringing alongside and making fast.
- Use of the following knots: reef, round turn and two half-hitches, bowline, clove hitch.
- Throw a painter accurately.
- Demonstrate expired air resuscitation using a manikin or mask; place a patient in the recovery position.
Conditions
The Oarsman Permit may only be tested and endorsed for use in Class B1 and B2 (A) waters or, when the candidate has learned to row on tidal waters, on B2 (B) waters up to a quarter of a mile offshore. The Asst. Adviser (Boating) must clearly define the area in which the Permit may be used. The Permit Holder is qualified to take charge of a dinghy single-handed; with the permission of her Guider she may take up to three passengers in the boat. In certain circumstances and after considering fully the type of water and the reason for the request, an Asst. Adviser (Boating) may give permission for the holder of an Oarsman Permit to accompany one other person going out for single-handed rowing practice.
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