1983 Ranger Guide Certificates and Qualifications
- Prove to the tester that you are competent in all clauses of the Oarsman Permit.
- When acting as cox:
a) show the ability to maintain discipline in the boat.
b) know boat orders and use them decisively.
c) steer a boat under oars.
d) manoeuvre a boat to pick up a man overboard.
e) bring a boat alongside a vessel and landing stage.
f) moor a boat securely.
3. a) Use the following knots: reef, bowline, clove-hitch, fisherman’s (anchor) bend, sheetbend, double sheetbend, round turn and two half-hitches.
b) Demonstrate: plain, sailmaker’s and West Country whipping.
c) Throw an unweighted line to reach a person 10 metres away.
d) Show an elementary knowledge of towing and being towed.
4. a) Know the general rules for meeting, passing, and crossing other vessels.
b) Know the sound signals given by vessels within sight of each other.
5) Within the limits of the Permit area, know:
a) Port, harbour, or river regulations.
b) beacons, buoys, landmarks and leading marks.
c) tides, currents, reefs, weirs, locks, jetties and any other hazards to navigation.
d) etiquette concerning sailing club races, people fishing and any others using the water.
Conditions
The Rowing Permit may only be tested and endorsed for use on Class B1 and Class B2 (A) waters which are unlikely to present difficulties or, whtn 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 define clearly the area in which the Permit may be used. The Permit Holder is qualified to take charge of a rowing boat with crew. The crew should be the correct number for the boat, which should be of a type with which the Permit Holder is familiar. If the crew includes members of another Unit they must have been recommended by their Guider to the Guider-in-charge, unless they are taking part in organised boating training, or a regatta, under the supervision of a holder of a Rowing Charge Permit.
Leslie's Guiding Badge History 