NVIC 04-14 Task 1.7.D

Take charge of a survival craft or rescue boat during and after launch

SCRB-X1.7 Methods of launching and recovering survival craft in a rough sea

Given a rescue boat in the water connected to the fall of a single-arm davit, mounted on a pier or a ship, and when hearing orders in English to recover and stow a rescue boat,

the candidate acts as a member of the recovery crew and recovers and stows the rescue boat.* *Candidates should be rotated through all assigned tasks to determine if they have achieved competence.

When ordered, the candidate correctly performs the following tasks:

1. Lower the painter and control lines to the appropriate height above the water;
2. Tend fore and aft control lines (if fitted);
3. Lower the hook;
4. Hoist rescue boat to its disembarkation position while tending control lines (if fitted)*;
5. Disembark the rescue boat crew;
6. Swing the rescue boat to its stowed position; and
7. Secure the rescue boat.

NOTE: If it is unsafe or impractical for the rescue boat crew to ride the rescue boat to the disembarkation position, this task may be simulated.