RD Rose Marine LTD - SY Gindungo Program

RED
ROSE MARINE SAIL TRAINING PROGRAM

ON BOARD S/Y GINDUNGO
INCLUDING RYA YACHTMASTER OFFSHORE COURSE
RED ROSE MARINE LTD 20/22 WENLOCK ROAD - LONDON N1 7GU REG No.10077896
+44 203 868 0837 WWW.REDROSEMARINE.COM INFO@REDROSEMARINE.COM

The Sail Training Program on board Giundungo Including the RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Shore
Based Course Syllabus
There are two components to the Sail training programme offered by Red Rose Marine:
Yachtmaster Shorebased Course Syllabus. This is the syllabus that will be conducted by
the dedicated RYA Instructor that will be engaged for the voyage. This will include an initial
five days of classroom instruction at Red Rose Marine headquarter in Lugano before the
voyage commences to get the students grounde in order to fulfill the roughly 40 hours of
instruction required. After that the students moves to embark location of the voyage (i.e.
Gibraltar to Georgetown).
Gindungo Practical Syllabus. Gindungo is a steel 56 feet vessel, built for sailing in extreme
conditions built for antartica expeditions. Although the main focus is for the students to
ultimately gain the necessary skills to pass the RYA license exams after the delivery, the
intent is also to train them in many more skills that are not required by the RYA syllabus.
This is a very comprehensive and exhaustive program and will require high levels of energy
and self motivation on behalf of the students. Three weeks and close to 3000 miles is
adequate for the instructor and crew to touch on all of these skills listed below, but to
really grasp them it is up to the student to cast them in stone.

YACHTMASTER SHOREBASED THEORY SYLLABUS
See http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/navigation/Pages/default.aspx for the RYA's

range of Shorebased Courses in particular the Yachtmaster Coastal/Offshore syllabus which go to
make up the syllabus taught.
The coastal skipper and yachtmaster shorebased course is an advanced course in navigation and
meteorology for candidates for the Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate. the
syllabus makes some provision for the revision of subjects in the day Skipper Course but those
who have not acquired the knowledge set out in the day skipper Course are unlikely to assimilate
all the subjects covered in this advanced course in the time available.

The syllabus content is shown below and an indication of the knowledge required is shown by the
following abbreviations:

A Full knowledge. B Working knowledge. C Outline knowledge

min
Depth of
Subject time
knowledge
hours
1. Position 6
Dead Reckoning and Estimated position B
Satellite derived position A
Use of Waypoints to fix position A
Radar fixes B
Techniques of visual fixing B
Fixes using a mixture of position lines B
Relative accuracy of different methods of position fixing A
Areas of uncertainty C

2. The Magnetic Compass 2
Allowance for variation B
Change of variation with time and position B
Causes of deviation B
Swing for deviation (but not correction) C
Allowance for Deviation C
Different types of compass C
3. Tides 4
Causes of tides - Springs and Neaps C
Tide tables - Sources C
Tide levels and datum B
Standard and secondary ports B
Tidal anomalies (Solent etc) C
4. Tidal Streams 3
Sources of tidal information B
Tidal stream information in sailing directions and Yachtsman's almanacs B
Allowance for tidal streams in computing course to steer A
Tide rips overfalls and races B
Tidal observation buoys beacons etc B
B
5. Buoayage 1
IALA system of buoyage B
Limitations of buoys as navigation aids C

6. Lights 1
Characteristics B
Ranges - visual, luminous and nominal C
Rising and dipping distances C
Light lists C
7. Pilotage 3
Harbour regulations and control signals A
Methods of pre planning B
Clearing lines A
Use of soundings B
Transits and leading lines B
8. GPS and chart plotters 3

Principals of operation and limitations of use A
Raster and vector charts C
Datum C
Importance of confirmation of position by an independent source A
Importance of paper charts
B
9. Echo Sounders 1/2
Principles of operation and limitations of use C
10. Logs (speed and distance measuring) 1/2

Principles of operation and measurement C
11. Deck Log 1/2

Importance of Log as official ships document B
Layout of log, hourly and occasional entries B
12. Meteorology 6
Basic terms, the Beaufort scale B
Air masses B
Cloud types B
Weather patterns associated with pressure and frontal systems B
Sources of weather forecasts B
Ability to interpret a shipping forecast, weatherfax weather satellite
information B
Land and sea breezes B
Sea Fog C
Use of barometer as a forecasting aid B


13. Rule of the Road 1
A sound knowledge of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions A
at Sea
14. Safety at Sea 2

Personal safety, use of lifejackets, safety harnesses & lifelines B
Fire prevention and fire fighting B
Distress signals B
Coastguard and Boat Safety Scheme B
Preparation for heavy weather C
Liferafts and helicopter rescue B
Understanding the capabilities of vessel and basic knowledge of stability B
C

15. Navigation in restricted visibility
Precautions taken in fog B
Limitations to safe navigation imposed by fog B
Navigation strategy in poor visibility B
16. Passage Planning 5

Preparation of charts and notebook for route planning and and making and
use at sea B
Customs regulations as they apply to yachts C
Routine for navigating in coastal waters B
Strategy for course laying B
Use of waypoints and route A
Use of weather forecast information for passage planning strategy B
Sources of local and national regulations
B
17. Marine environment 1/2
Responsibility to minimise pollution and protect the marine environment B
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

Students are required to have a full knowledge of the regulations before completion of the shorebased
course for Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore. There is however insufficient time available in the
course to teach the subject fully. The for teRYA book International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at
Sea (G2) or A Seaman's Guide to the Rule of the Road are useful books for the study of the regulations.


THE GINDUNGO SYLLABUS
This will be conducted by GINDUNGO skipper and the instructor, when appropriate, throughout
the voyage.

PRE PASSAGE PLANNING
Provisioning, i.e. list templates, quantity calculations
Household briefing, i.e. plumbing, electrics, bilge pumps, stowage
Stowage plan template
Safety briefing procedures
Port clearance procedures

PRE DEPARTURE CHECKS
Rig check
Steering gear check
Engine check
Seacock check
Navigation equipment check

UNDERWAY
Keeping the ships logbook
Maintenance log
Ongoing worklist
Incident report log
Daily checks of gear and equipment
Bilge monitoring and pumping
Monitoring engine controls from the pilothouse

ANCHORING AND MOORING TECHNIQUES
Selecting an anchorage
Single anchor with chain stopper and snubber deployment
Chain handling safety and windless operation
Emergency chain and anchor recovery
Mooring to shore
Verifying unsounded anchorages
Dinghy driving safety and handling

USE OF ELECTRONIC AIDS TO NAVIGATION
Chart plotter
Sailing instruments
GPS waypoints and route planning

Radar
Wind Plot Grib Files
Skyeye Satellite Receiver

HEAVY WEATHER SAILING TECHNIQUES
Reefing
Furling of headsails
Sail combinations
Heaving to
Line safety
Sail and running rigging chafe issues

MARLIN SPIKE SEAMANSHIP
On going running rigging care
Splicing
Chafe solutions

ENGINE AND MACHINERY MONITORING
Day tank filling
Oil and water checks
Leak checks
Shaft log cooling

PORT ENTRY PROCEDURES
Advise port control
Passport clearance
Customs clearance

END OF VOYAGE CLEAN UP
Rig inspection
Steering gear inspection
Complete and submit worklists
Rinse deck gear and clear salt
Lube any moving parts for down time
Interior clean including bilges
Machinery services complete




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ROSE MARINE SAIL TRAINING PROGRAM

YACHTMASTER SHOREBASED THEORY SYLLABUS

See http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/navigation/Pages/default.aspx for the RYA's

8. GPS and chart plotters 3

10. Logs (speed and distance measuring) 1/2

11. Deck Log 1/2

14. Safety at Sea 2

16. Passage Planning 5

International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

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