1927 POR – Mariner Test.
A Test similar to Sea Scouts’ Pilot, omitting “Make a wire splice.” The Sea Guide must be able:-
a) To sail a boat, tack, wear, reef, make and shorten sail.
b) She must have a full knowledge of the Admiralty Chart for the nearest port and the coast on each side of it.
c) She must know the buoys, beacons, landmarks and leading marks into and out of the harbour, and be able to heave the lead.
d) She must know the Rule of the Road at Sea, the lights carried by all classes of vessels, the danger and storm signals, and the mercantile code of signals.
e) She must be able to fix positions by means of cross bearings both from land and sea, and must keep a log for at least a month, registering the wind, weather, barometer and thermometer, as generally carried out at sea.
Or, in the case on inland Sea Guide Companies with the approval of Imperial Headquarters:-
a) She must know the Rule of the Road at Sea, the lights carried by all classes of vessels, the danger and storm signals, and the mercantile code of signals.
b) She must be able to fix positions by means of cross bearings from land, and must keep a log for at least a month, registering the wind, weather, barometer and thermometer, as generally carried out at sea, and must:
c) Strop a block.
d) Know the marks and abbreviations used in Admiralty charts.
e) Know the universal system of buoyage.
f) Know the construction and use of the lead and log line.
g) Be able to name the principal ports in the British Dominions and Colonies.
h) Write an account of an imaginary voyage in her Company Ship of not less than twenty days, mentioning the ports called at during the voyage.
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