| | 
Small-Boat Seamanship Manual
  Make the U.S. Coast Guard your first mate with this indispensable guide!
The Small-Boat Seamanship Manual contains all the information found in the Coast Guard's own 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...
Table of Contents
Editor’s Introduction
Chapter 1: Boat Crew Duties and Responsibilities
Section A: The Boat Crew | Section B: Boat Crew Duties | Trainee | Crew Member | Boat Engineer | Coxswain | Surfman | Section C: Watchstanding Responsibilities | Lookout Watch | Night Lookout Watch | Helm Watch | Towing Watch | Anchor Watch | Appendix 1-A: Pre-Underway Checklist | Appendix 1-B: Normal Cruising Checklist (Coxswain) | Appendix 1-C: Auxiliary Pre-Underway Checklist
Chapter 2: Patrols
Section A: Safety Patrols | Benefits of Safety Patrols | Auxiliary Safety Patrol Boat Duties | Section B: Regatta Patrols and Marine Parades | Patrolling Regattas | Patrol Boat Assignments | Patrolling the Various Regattas | Marine Parades | Section C: Aids to Navigation Patrols | Section D: Chart Updating Patrols | Section E: Disaster Patrols | Section F: Port Security and Maritime Pollution
Chapter 3: Crew Efficiency Factors
Section A: Physical Fitness Standards | Section B: Crew Fatigue | Section C: Motion Sickness | Section D: Lethal Fumes | Section E: Noise | Section F: Drugs and Alcohol | Section G: Cold Related Factors | Effects of Cold Weather | Hypothermia | Frostbite | Layering Clothing | Section H: Sun and Heat Related Factors | Sun Burns | Dehydration | Heat Rash (Prickly Heat) | Heat Cramps | Heat Exhaustion | Heat Stroke | Susceptibility to Heat Problems
Chapter 4: Team Coordination and Risk Management
Section A: Team Coordination | Team Relationship | Team Coordination and Risk Management | Section B: Team Coordination Standards | Leadership Standard | Mission Analysis Standard | Adaptability and Flexibility Standard | Situation Awareness Standard | Decision-Making Standard | Communication Standard | Assertiveness Standard | Section C: Risk Management Process | Four Rules of Risk Management | Risk Management Process, Step 1 | Risk Management Process, Step 2 | Risk Management Process, Step 3 | Risk Management Process, Steps 4, 5, 6, & 7 | Section D: Informal Crew Briefing and Debriefing | Informal Crew Briefing | Informal Crew Debrief
Chapter 5: First Aid
Section A: Crew Member’s Roles | Crew Responsibilities | Handling and Transporting of Injured | Section B: Treatment for Shock | Shock Syndromes | Anaphylactic Shock | Section C: Resuscitation Methods and Emergencies | Resuscitation Procedures | Heart Attack | Stroke | Scuba Incidents | Section D: Treatment for Wounds, Fractures, and Burns | Bandages | Bleeding | Fractures (Broken Bones) | Burns | Section E: Environmental Injuries | Emergencies Caused by Heat | Emergencies Caused by Cold | Hypothermia | Near-Drowning | Fish Bites and Stings | Section F: Miscellaneous Emergencies | Carbon Monoxide Poisoning | Poisoning by Mouth | Eye Injuries
Chapter 6: Survival Equipment and Pyrotechnics
Section A: Personal Flotation Device (PFD) | Type I PFD | Type II PFD | Type III PFD | Type IV PFD | Type V PFD | PFD Storage and Care | PFD Survival Equipment | Standard Navy Preserver | Section B: Hypothermia Protective Clothing | Requirements | Antiexposure Coverall | Dry Suit | Wet Suit | Section C: Headgear | Section D: Boat Crew Signal Kit Contents | Emergency Signaling Mirror | Signal Whistle | Smoke and Illumination Signal, MK-124 MOD 0 | Illumination Signal Kit, MK-79 MOD 0 | Distress Signal Light | Section E: Personnel Survival Kit | Section F: Pyrotechnics | Section G: Rescue and Survival Raft | Section H: Emergency Procedures in the Event of Capsizing
Chapter 7: Marlinespike Seamanship
Section A: Personal Flotation Device (PFD) | Type I PFD | Type II PFD | Type III PFD | Type IV PFD | Type V PFD | PFD Storage and Care | PFD Survival Equipment | Standard Navy Preserver | Section B: Hypothermia Protective Clothing | Requirements | Antiexposure Coverall | Dry Suit | Wet Suit | Section C: Headgear | Section D: Boat Crew Signal Kit Contents | Emergency Signaling Mirror | Signal Whistle | Smoke and Illumination Signal, MK-124 MOD 0 | Illumination Signal Kit, MK-79 MOD 0 | Distress Signal Light | Section A: Types and Characteristics of Line | Line Characteristics | Natural Fiber Line | Synthetic Line | Section B: Inspection, Handling, Maintenance, and Stowage of Line | Inspection | Uncoiling and Unreeling | Maintenance | Stowing Lines | Section C: Breaking Strength and Safe Working Load | Breaking Strength and Safe Working Load of a Line
Breaking Strength and Safe Working Load for Shackles and Hooks | Considerations and Limitations | Section D: Knots and Splices | Estimating the Length of a Line | Breaking Strength | Basic Knots | Splices | Whipping | Mousing Hooks and Shackles | Section E: Line Handling and Deck Fittings | Deck Fittings | Line Handling | Appendix 7-A: Estimating the Breaking Strength and Safe Working Load of Lines7-75 | Appendix 7-B: Estimating the Safe Working Load of Shackles | Appendix 7-C: Estimating the Safe Working Load of Hooks | Appendix 7-D: Eye Splice in Double Braid Line
Chapter 8: Boat Characteristics
Section A: Boat Nomenclature and Terminology | Section B: Boat Construction | Hull Types | Keel | Principal Boat Parts | Hatches and Doors | Boat Measurements | Displacement | Section C: Watertight Integrity | Closing and Opening Watertight Doors and Hatches | Entering a Closed Compartment After Damage | Section D: General Boat Equipment | Section E: Troubleshooting Basic Mechanical Problems | Troubleshooting Diesel Engines | Troubleshooting Gasoline Inboard Engine (Except Outboards) | Casualties Common to Both Diesel and Gasoline Engines | Troubleshooting the Outboard | Steering Casualty | Basic Engine Maintenance for Auxiliary Facilities
Chapter 9: Stability
Section A: Safety and Risk Management Control | Section B: Understanding Stability | Center of Gravity | Buoyancy | Equilibrium | Types of Stability | Moment and Forces | Section C: Losing Stability | Stability After Damage | Free Surface Effect | Free Communication with the Sea | Effects of Icing | Effects of Downflooding | Effects of Water on Deck
Chapter 10: Boat Handling
Section A: Forces | Environmental Forces | Forces Acting on a Vessel | Shaft, Propeller, and Rudder | Outboard Motors and Stern Drives | Waterjets | Section B: Basic Maneuvering | Learning the Controls | Moving Forward in a Straight Line | Turning the Boat with the Helm | Stopping the Boat | Backing the Vessel | Using Asymmetric or Opposed Propulsion | Changing Vessel Heading Using Asymmetric or Opposed Propulsion | Performing Single-Screw Compound Maneuvering (Single Screw Theory) | Section C: Maneuvering Near Other Objects | Keeping Station | Maneuvering | Section D: Maneuvering to or from a Dock | General Considerations | Basic Maneuvers | Rules of Thumb | Section E: Maneuvering Alongside Another Vessel | Determining Approach | Going Alongside | Section F: Maneuvering in Rough Weather | Using Caution | Negotiating Head Seas | Running Before a Sea | Traversing Beam Seas | Transiting Harbor Entrances, Inlets, or River Entrances | Coping with High Winds | Heaving-To | Section G: Maneuvering in Rivers | Operating in a Narrow Channel | Turning in a Bend | Section H: Anchoring | General Information | Ground Tackle | Fittings | Anchoring Techniques | Anchor Stowage
Chapter 11: Communications
Section A: Radio Signal Characteristics | Modulation and Frequency | Radio Systems | Radio Frequencies | Section B: Prowords and Common Abbreviations | Section C: Verbal Communications | The Phonetic Alphabet | Numbers and Decimal Points | Section D: Radio Operating Procedures | Section E: Communicating Between Coast Guard Facilities | Coast Guard Voice Call Signals and Ops Normal Reports | Bridge-to-Bridge Communications Required | Section F: Emergency Voice Communications and Distress Signals | Standard Voice Radio Urgency Calls | Emergency Position-Indicating Radiobeacon (EPIRB) and Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) | Global Marine Distress and Safety System | Distress Signals | Section G: Radio Checks
Chapter 12: Weather and Oceanography
Section A: Weather | Wind | Thunderstorms and Lightning | Fog | Ice | Forecasting | Section B: Oceanography | Waves | Currents
Chapter 13: Aids to Navigation
Section A: U.S. Aids to Navigation System | Lateral and Cardinal Significance | General Characteristics of Short-Range ATONs | Summary of Lateral Significance of Buoys and Beacons | Buoys | Beacons | Section B: U.S. ATON System Variation | Intracoastal Waterway and Western Rivers | Uniform State Waterway Marking System | Section C: Short-Range Electronic Aids | Section D: Radionavigation Systems | Loran-C | Global Positioning System (GPS) | Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) | Radionavigation System Summary | Section E: The Light List
Chapter 14: Navigation
Section A: The Earth and its Coordinates | Lines and Circles | Parallels | Meridians | Chart Projections | Section B: Nautical Charts | The Compass Rose | Soundings | Basic Chart Information | Scale of the Nautical Chart | Chart Symbols and Abbreviations | Buoy Symbols | Other Chart Symbols | Accuracy of Charts | Section C: Magnetic Compass | Components of a Magnetic Compass | Direction | Compass Error | Variation | Deviation | Compass Adjustment | Applying Compass Error | Section D: Piloting | Basic Piloting Equipment | Distance, Speed, and Time | Fuel Consumption | Terms Used In Piloting | Laying the Course | Dead Reckoning (DR) | Basic Elements of Piloting | Plotting Bearings | Line of Position (LOP) | Set and Drift (Current Sailing) | Radar | Loran | Global Positioning System (GPS) | Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) | Section E: River Sailing | Major Piloting Differences | Conditions and Effects | Locks and Dams | Safety Considerations Around Navigation Dams | Flood Warnings | Common River Sailing Terms
Chapter 15: Search and Rescue
Section A: Organization and Responsibility | Coast Guard Responsibility | Search and Rescue Coordination | Section B: SAR Emergency Phases | Section C: Legal Aspects and U.S. Coast Guard Policy | SAR Agreements | Distress Beacon Incidents | Flare Incidents | Hoaxes and False Alarms | Maritime SAR Assistance Policy | General Salvage Policy (Other Than Towing) | General Issues | Section D: SAR Incident Information | Initial SAR Information | Additional SAR Information | Section E: Search Planning | Datum | Search Area Description | Search Patterns | Initial Response | Search Area Coverage | Section F: Search Preparations | Section G: Conducting a Search
Chapter 16: Person in the Water Recovery
Section A: Recovery Methods | General Man Overboard Procedures | The Approach | Sailboat Approaches | Approaching in Low Visibility | Approaching Under Surf Conditions | Recovery | Section B: Water Survival Skills | Cold Water Survivability | Survival Techniques
Chapter 17: Towing
Section A: Towing Safety | Assessment and Awareness | Risk Management Planning | Section B: Forces in Towing | Static Forces | Dynamic Forces | Combination of Forces and Shock-Load | Section C: Towing Equipment | Towlines and Accessories | Messengers | Chafing Gear | Deck Fittings and Other Fittings | Drogues | Other Equipment | Section D: Standard Towing Procedures | Pre-Towing Procedures | Towing Astern | Connecting Tow Rig to Fittings | Connecting Tow Rig to a Trailer Eye | Transition to Stern Tow | Underway with Stern Tow | Compensating for Current | Shortening the Tow | Towing Alongside | Sinking Tows | Appendix 17-A: Towing Precautions
Chapter 18: Firefighting, Rescue, and Assistance
Section A: Safety and Damage Control | Coast Guard Firefighting Activities Policy | Safety Assessment and Management Guidelines | Section B: Boat Fire Prevention and Susceptible Areas | Preventive Actions | Susceptible Areas | Section C: Fire Theory, Classifications, and Fuel Sources | Fire Theory | Classifications of Fires and Fuel Sources | Section D: Extinguishing Agents | Section E: Applying Extinguishing Agents | Applying Water | Applying Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) | Applying Chemical Agents | Applying Halon | Applying FE-241 | Section F: Firefighting Equipment | Fire Hose | Spanner Wrench | Wye-Gate | Tri-Gate | Vari-Nozzle | Fire Monitor | In-Line Proportioner | Mechanical Foam Nozzle | Drop Pump and AFFF | Fire Axe | Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Extinguishers | Dry Chemical Extinguishers (PKP) | Section G: Firefighting Procedures | Coast Guard’s Firefighting Duty | Safety Precautions
Operations | Action | Section H: Extinguishing Fires | Safety Rules | Fire Combat | Firefighting Procedures on Coast Guard Boats | Firefighting Procedures on Auxiliary Boats | Fires Aboard Other Boats | Fire Under Control | Fire Extinguished | Abandoning a Boat | Section I: Dewatering | Action Before Dewatering | Dewatering with an Eductor | Dewatering Using a Drop Pump | Section J: Righting Powerboats and Sailboats | Righting Powerboats | Righting Small Sailboats | Righting Large Sailboats | Section K: Flood Control | Plugging Holes | Patching Holes | Patching Cracks
Chapter 19: Air Operations
Section A: Helicopters and Equipment | HH-65A Dolphin | HH-60J Jayhawk | Other Helicopter Equipment | Section B: Helicopter Rescue Operations | Rescue Swimmer | Helicopter Hoisting Operations | Helicopter Boat Positioning | Delivery of the Rescue Device | Hoisting | Section C: Helicopter Ditching | Section D: Helicopter Salvage and Towing | Section E: Fixed-Wing Aircraft | Appendix 19-A: Sample Briefing to Pass to Vessel Prior to Helicopter Hoisting
Appendix A
Fictitious Nautical Chart | Visual Buoyage Guide | U.S. Aids to Navigation System | U.S. Aids to Navigation System (Western Rivers)
Appendix B: Heavy Weather Addendum
Section A: Heavy Weather Wave and Surf Characteristics | Waves in Heavy Weather | Observing and Measuring Waves | Surf Zone | Section B: Heavy Weather Boat Handling | Motions | Control of Effects | Experience | Boat Handling | Section C: Heavy Weather Piloting | Preparation | Equipment Condition | Specific Techniques | Heavy Weather Person in the Water Recovery | Man Overboard | Recovery of a PIW | Use of a Surface Swimmer | Multiple PIWs | Section E. Surf Operations | Risk Management and Safety Conditions | Forces Affecting Boat Handling in Surf | Basic Surf Operations
Abbreviations and Acronyms | Glossary
|
PRODUCT DETAILS:- Publisher: International Marine — 2002, 2006
- Author: Richard N. Aarons, Editor
- Binding: Paperback — 8½ x 10¾ inches
- Pages: 468 — Hundreds of b&w photos and illustrations
- ISBN: 007146882X
Small-Boat Seamanship Manual |
|
