# Boatswain's Mate

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Objective: - *Demonstrate basic skill in handing a boat and ability to understand Bo ‘suns calls.*
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1. Repair a small leak in a pulling boat or dinghy.
2. Be able to make the following bends and hitches:
   1. Timber Hitch
   2. Rolling Hitch
   3. Marlin spike Hitch
   4. Blackwall Hitch
   5. Midshipman’s Hitch
   6. Fisherman’s Bend
   7. Carrick Bend
   8. Bowline on a bight
   9. Running Bow line
   10. Mouse a hook: Short and Eye Splices, Single wall and Crown, and a Mathew Walker. Make one form of a stopper knot.
3. Make a fender, either of rope or canvas suitable for a pulling boat.
4. Know how to start the engine of a small boat, check fuel and oil etc.
5. Know the contents of a boat’s bag
6. Make the following on a Bo’sun’s pipe:
   1. Dinner
   2. The Still
   3. Lash up and stow
   4. Away ship’s boat
   5. Carry on
   6. Pipe Down


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