1. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Unit 14: Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Boat Chartering Liveboating VHF Marine Radio Rigging and Using Lines, Floats, and Flags

2. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Student Performance: By the end of the lesson you will be able to: Describe basics of boating and diving from boats. List the requirements of dive charters and your responsibilities when chartering a vessel for diving. Describe the legally required equipment on charter vessels and what is recommended for diving charters. Describe emergency equipment and communications aboard dive vessels. Use lines, floats, flags and boat diving procedures.

3. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Boat Chartering What makes a commercial charter? The leader-captain Getting a captain’s license

4. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Boat Chartering (continued) Legally required boating equipment –Lifejackets –Fire extinguishers –Sound signals –Visual distress signals

5. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Boat Chartering (continued) Dive boat equipment requirements Dive flags and signals Recommendations for NAUI leaders

6. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Liveboating Boat handling for liveboating Diver recovery

7. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders VHF Marine Radio Radio capabilities Channel selection Calling Emergency radio calls The radio template

8. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Rigging and Using Lines, Floats, and Flags Typical diving lines –Anchor line –Anchor trip line –Bridle lines –Lead line –Trail line –Descent/ascent line –Shot line –Guide line

9. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Rigging and Using Lines, Floats, and Flags (continued) –Decompression line –Back-up decompression line –Gear line –Buddy line –Drift float line –Navigation/transect line –Rescue line –Search line Line hazards and precautions

10. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Rigging and Using Lines, Floats, and Flags (continued) Diving floats Training floats Deploying dive flags

11. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders End of Unit 14 Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Boat Chartering Liveboating Vhf Marine Radio Rigging and Using Lines, Floats, and Flags

12. Unit 14- Boating and Seamanship for Diving Leaders Student Performance: By the end of the lesson you will be able to: Describe basics of boating and diving from boats. List the requirements of dive charters and your responsibilities when chartering a vessel for diving. Describe the legally required equipment on charter vessels and what is recommended for diving charters. Describe emergency equipment and communications aboard dive vessels. Use lines, floats, flags and boat diving procedures.