Practically Done – At the Oars Charge Cert. Course
Boat crews at Oars Charge Cert. 2013

Boat crews at Oars Charge Cert. 2013

The first part of this year’s Practical Oars Charge Cert. days boating exercise got off to a wet start on Sunday morning on Malahide’s Lower Estuary.  The weather forecast had rain at first turning into a day long drizzle, with SW winds. Later winds from the west, force 4 increasing to a 5 and gusting occasionally to Force 6, a small boat gale?

A reasonable forecast, for a day’s exercise on the water. Crews tucked in along the Marina taking advantage of the higher buildings to shelter from the gusts. Coxswains and boats crews had to work a little harder and use all their skills to negotiate the gusts by staying upwind.

Crews exercise

Crews exercise

The days exercise consisted of steering a boat through a crowded anchorage,embarking and disembarking a boats crew, react to a loss of a rudder or oar ,picking up a mooring buoy , and taking charge of a rescue exercise.

The fourteen scouts will finish their training over the next weekend and will be assessed on all the above disciplines.

 

 

 

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