Parts of Boat
http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/terms.htm

Rues of Sea
http://www.leisure-marine.com.au/UsefulInfo/navrules.asp

boat collision video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW2f1aws84c


Competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhH1dS9fkbI&NR=1&feature=fvwp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia4M0Z_nbVk

Man overboard is a situation in which a person has fallen off a boat or ship into the water and is in need of rescue. Whoever sees the person's fall, should shout "man overboard" to alert other crew members and attempt to maintain visual contact with the person in the water. By pointing continuously to the victim, the person can aid the helmsman in approaching the victim.

If stopping is possible, the guiding principle is to stop the boat or at least slow it to immediately mark the location by tossing a PFD or Man Overboard Pole into the water. This is naturally achieved on a sailing boat if the helmsman releases the tiller and dumps the mainsheet so slowing dramatically.

A better approach is heaving to. Again, this will occur naturally if the helmsman pushes the tiller to leeward immediately and ignores the jib-sheets. He also dumps the mainsheet at the same time (Spinnaker guy also dumped if applicable). The sailing boat will tend to come up to weather and the jib will back. When this backing happens, the tiller must be reversed to point towards the boom. The boat is now hove-to and sensibly close to the MOB. At this stage, the mainsail is loose and flapping and the jib is backed (or spinnaker floging). Now the yacht is nearly stopped and it is just scant seconds since the loss overboard. A wheel steered boat would move the wheel to bring the yacht towards the wind and when the jib backs he reverses the wheel rotation promptly, while also dumping the mainsheet.

This should be an instinctive reaction of all helmsmen. It works on all points of sailing. A life preserver should be thrown to the person in the water to aid them and to assist in returning to the location of the fall. At least one crew member, usually the one who spotted the person fall, should be designated to point constantly at the person in the water while the rest of the crew bring the boat to the position for recovering them. Then a line may be thrown to them once the boat is in position and any propellers are stopped.

If the person is unconscious, they will need to be lifted into the boat. Many people are also not strong enough, especially in wet clothing, to lift themselves back on board and will also need assistance.