Safe Trailer Boating Course NT
Participants on April 9, 2016

    1 : General Boat handling
  1. Bow, Stern, Port, Starboard
  2. Freeboard & Draught
  3. Lights
  4. Mooring lines
  5. Berthing - Port side
  6. Berthing Starboard side
  7. Unberthing
  8. Rules of the road
  9. Buoyancy Classification

    2 : Marine Radio
  1. VHF - Channels - Radio Check
  2. Prowords - Phonetic Alphabet
  3. Distress Calls - MAYDAY message

    3 : Buoys and Vessel lights
  1. Buoys & Beacons
  2. Lateral marks in Darwin harbour
  3. Vessel identification Lights
  4. Warning Flags

    4 : Water Safety
  1. Onboard Safety eqquipment
  2. Registrations and Expiry Dates
  3. Additional recommendations
  4. Builder's Plate and Buoyancy

General
Ramps in the Darwin area
Boating knots
Fishing Bag limits
    5 : Tides & Tidal Streams
  1. Spring and Neap tides
  2. King tides
  3. Semi-diurnal tides
  4. Diurnal tides
  5. Rule of Twelfths
  6. Nomenclature of Tide levels
  7. Drying heights as shown on Charts
  8. Land contours as shown on charts
  9. Chart symbols for Tidal flows and currents
  10. Tidal flows as shown on charts
  11. Tidal Streams Table for Darwin Harbour
  12. Tidal ranges in Tapa Bay, Nightcliff and Darwin harbour
  13. Tidal vartiations for various rivers
  14. Mooring lines
  15. Clearance under bridges and overhead cables
  16. Wind over Water
  17. Tide words

Presenters : Kevin Blues, Byron Calvert, David Lilley, Paul Morrissey, Michael Furstner
Coordination : Michael Furstner (DTBC) and Fiona Villaflor (VCG)