Ord 5d Plan and practice the following drills: man overboard, fire, and abandon ship.
Ord 6b knots: stevedore’s knot, French (double) bowline, bowline on a bight, timber hitch, rolling hitch, marline hitch, and midshipman’s (taut-line) hitch.
Ord 7d Demonstrate your ability to handle a rowboat by doing the following: row in a straight line for a quarter mile, stop, make a pivot turn, return to the starting point and backwater in a straight line for 50 yards/meters. Make a turn and return to the starting point.
Ord 8d Demonstrate the ability to set and weigh anchor.
Ord 16a Drill: Demonstrate your ability to execute commands in close – order drill.
Ord 16d Ornamental Ropework: Make a three – strand Turk’s head and a 3 strand monkey’s fist. Using either ornamental knot, make up a heaving line.
Able 5d In a safe place, under adult supervision, demonstrate your ability to successfully extinguish a class a and class B fire with an approved fire extinguisher. See that the fire extinguisher used is properly recharged or replaced.
Able 6a Complete a back splice, eye splice, short splice, long splice, and a palm- and –needle whipping.
Able 6b Sew a flat seam, round sean, and grommet in canvas or sail material. Describe how each is used in construction of and the care of sails.
Able 11d Demonstrate proper surface and coating preparation, coating techniques, care of stored coatings, and cleaning of brushes and tools used to maintain surfaces on your ship’s vessel.
Able 14a Sailing: While leading a crew of not less than two other persons, demonstrate your ability to sail a sloop or another suitable vessel correctly and safely over a triangular course (leeward, windward, reaching marks) demonstrating beating, reaching, running, and the proper commands.
Able 14b Vessels: Teach and lead a crew under oar using a boat pulling at least four oars single- or double- banked. Perform the following maneuvers: get underway, maneuver ahead and back, turn the boat in its own length, dock, and secure.
Able 14c Drill: Demonstrate your ability to give and execute commands in close-order drill.
