Know the Ropes - Knots and Mooring Workshop
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Run by an RYA Instructor, this workshop is suitable for novices, Competent Crew & Skippers who want to become more proficient in ropework and safe around winches and ropes under tension.
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This course also provides an invaluable chance to see how ropes assist in mooring using a model pontoon and boats. Learn the correct terms for each rope and how to use winches and cleats correctly and safely. Together with how to tidy the decks once underway and how to prepare the boat for coming alongside again. Essential for skippers to assist in safer mooring and for crew to understand what they are being asked to do and their role in berthing.
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Here’s a breakdown of the most important information about the Know the Ropes - Knots and Mooring Workshop:
Required Experience
Suitable for beginners, Competent Crew and Skippers
Course Duration
1 Day, 9am-5pm
Course Content
Skills Gained
How to use winches and cleats correctly, how to assist in mooring, terms for each rope. See below for more details.
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Know the Ropes - Knots and Mooring Workshop -
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Day consists of:
Types, qualities, uses and care of Rope
- Some theory about the properties, where to use different rope, how to coil and store.
When is a rope not a rope?
- A rope is only a rope when it does nothing. We’ll take a look around a boat at the different terms given to ropes when they have a specific job to do.
Must Know Knots. Knots you must know, when and where to use them around a boat
- It will be a relaxed format, with plenty of time to practice tying important knots commonly required to be used on boats.
Using ropes cleats & winches, coming alongside and leaving a pontoon or quay
- A general input on how to secure ropes to Cleats and Winches, with associated dangers and how to manage them.
Mooring techniques
- Some theory on using lines to assist coming alongside and leaving a berth. Then using a model pontoon seeing how these lines can be used.
Mediterranean Mooring
- Mooring to a buoy
- Lasso technique
Anchoring. Why, Where and How
- Why, Where and How to anchor, and what to do when you have.
Splice a rope
- Lastly, put an eye splice in three stranded rope to take away.
Nowhere will you get such a theoretical insight into the types of rope used aboard. Looking after your warps and Halyards is not only good seamanship, if you look after your ropes, they will look after you. Turning a rope onto a cleat, tying on a fender and picking up mooring buoys are all jobs for crew, so why not practice them here.
A model pontoon and model boat is rigged up with cleats for you to try several mooring techniques safe in the knowledge that you won’t damage anything or be shouted at by other boat users. Learn the art of Mediterranean mooring before your next charter. Then put an eye splice in a three stranded rope to take away and impress your friends.
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