SA-SKIP-DAY-L4.4

Basic navigation and emergencies

SA-SKIP-DAY-M4 · The seamanship the exam tests · SA-SKIP-DAY-M4-A Rules of the road and buoyage, South African weather, surf and launching, basic navigation and emergency procedures.

Compass, variation and deviation, dead reckoning and a cross-bearing fix, then the drills: **man overboard, fire, capsize, flares and the Mayday call**. Learn the numbers, rehearse the drills.

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