Oh No! What just happened?
Three Initial Actions included in nearly every BECCE
Verify Current Position
Evaluate the Situation
Notify the Unit/Operational Commander
Name four channels monitored on the 26
CG 121, Channel 16, 22A and 406
What is the difference between the Plan and Event complexity?
Plan: a description of what you aim to accomplish on the patrol. Is the plan Complete, Partial or No Plan?
Event: The complexity of the maneuvers you plan to do; two boat towing? Boat ride to Smith Point and back? Rescue a sinking or burning boat?
Name the parts of the anchor
Crown, shank, flukes, stock, swivel, shackle, chain.
During your board it is important to show what characteristics?
Maturity, Judgement, Leadership and Demeanor
The length in the water overall is__________ and the Beam is __________
Since this is an EASY one, what is the highest point unfixed and unfixed on the water?
And on the trailer?
Length: 31'8"
Beam: 8'5"
On the water Fixed: 7'10", Unfixed: 9'10"
On the trailer Fixed: 13'7", Unfixed: 10'6"
When running aground or hitting a submerged object this task is also an Initial Action
Check the depth
You've been instructed to hail Sector and ask them to take your watch. What information do you need?
On CG121: GAR, number of POB, onboard cell, where the mission will be and a brief plan description.
Plan: We don't have one
Event: racing out to a capsized boat with 4 people onboard and now in the water
Asset: CXN experienced, one new crew member, one trainee.
Asset boat: Chart One is missing on the boat
Communication: All radios in working order
Enviroment: 4 foot seas, 22 knots out of the NE. Water temp 64, air temp 70, Visibility , 5 miles
What is the Risk/Reward? Evaluate.
Define Scope and the 2 most commonly used ratios and when we use them.
Ratio of the length of the anchor rode to the depth of the water. 1:7, 1:10.
1:7, fairly calm seas, 1:10 heavy seas.
What specifically is YOUR role in Risk Assessment?
Participate in determining the GAR
If you see something you SAY something during the mission.
Report any changes to the coxswain
Over all length on the trailer (untrimmed)?
Overall length of the trailer (trimmed up)?
Three key weights:
Outfitted no crew, no fuel:
Fully outfitted with 10 PB:
Trailer weight, outfitted with fuel and no crew:
36'10"
38'1"
8,400 lbs
11,800lbs
9,960 lbs
When running aground or hitting a submerged object, a follow up action is always to check
The bilge for water egress
May Day! Pan Pan! Securite! They signify what?
MAYDAY: Urgent, emergency
Pan Pan: Urgent, but no immediate loss of life or property. (Drifting boat, someone in the water)
Securite: Informational purposes (Storm, navigational safety)
Give examples when you would change the GAR and report it to Sector
Anchor is at "short stay"
Anchor is "Clear"
Anchor is "Fouled"
Anchor is "Shod"
Sort stay: straight line from the gunnel to the floor.
Clear: anchor is free of mud and debris and ready to be brough onboard.
Fouled: Tangled in Line
Shod: Muddy
Explain Rigging the slip and when we use it
Both the bitter end and the loop are kept on the towing boat creating a "U" around the victim boat's cleat. Used for quick release.
Draft:
Engines Up
Engines Down
Engines Up: 1'10"
Engines Down: 2'9"
Port engine is on fire! Initial and follow up actions are
Initial: Identify the affected engine, secure fuel to the engine (shutoff valves). Check the engine
Follow up: Notify (not an initial action!), secure non vital power, use fire extinguisher at the cxn's discretion. Standby to rig anchor per cxn.
CG26141, this is Sector asking for Ops and Position
Sector, 141, Ops normal, position figures:
three seven degrees, two one decimal four two NORTH
zero seven six degrees, four one decimal two two WEST
Crew fatigue limits on the 26 are
(U/w and trailering)
Up to 8 hours u/w in seas 3 feet or less.
Trailering counts 50% towards fatigue hours
Definition of Anchor Aweigh?
The anchor is no longer on the bottom
Did you look in the First Aid kit? What's in it?
Get that list and STUDY it. It's on the bookcase.
Engines!
And rotation?
Fuel Capacity?
Prop size?
Two Honda 150 hp 4 cycle outboard (total 300hp)
Counter clockwise
110 gallons
15 3/8" Diameter, 18" Pitch. 3 blades
When colliding with a submerged object follow up actions (besides checking the depth and the bilge) would be to check the
Check the engines.
Make sure cooling water circulation is working properly, after engines are tilted up check the props and lower unit for damage, when cxn restarts engine check for vibration at different RPMS, steering and propulsion.
While u/w and making way a fog has rolled in, activate the sound signals (and what are they?
F9, enter
One prolonged blast every 2 minutes
Who has the responsibility of ending the patrol?
Anyone on the boat.
See something, say something.
Crewman responsibilities when anchoring
Follow/give hand signals designated by the coxswain. Advise when the anchor is on the bottom. At the request of the coxswain release_ ft of anchor line, make the anchor line per cxn. Feel the line for vibration (anchor dragging). Pick at least two points, preferably three 90 degrees apart to monitor asset position. Anchor watch report every 15 minutes or significant changes.
You are traveling at 20 knots, how far will you be in 3 minutes?
20 x 100 =2000 yds= 1 nm
Underway!
Crew Capacity/Max passengers
Max Seas transit/ATON
Max Wind
Range (NM and RPMS):
Max operating distance from shore
4 (5th jump seat) total 10
Seas: 6 ft (no surf or breaking sea)
Max Wind: 25 kts
Range: 200 nm @ 3250 rpms
Max operating distance from shore: 10nm
Should the 26 capsize your actions would be to
Maintain a physical reference point, locate a nearest egress point and exit, inflate PFD, stay clear of debris and engine fluids on the water by remaining upwind, account for missing occupants, climb aboard the hull if able, check for injuries, activate PLBs. STAY WITH THE BOAT.
A fog has rolled in and visibility is now 50-100 feet. Your GAR score has changed
Who should you notify and what is the likely result?
Call to Sector with Ops and Position possibly changed to every 15 minutes.
Five steps of Risk Management
Identify
Assess
Develop Controls and make Decisions
Implement
Supervise and Evaluate
What does each part of the anchor do?
Crown: connects various parts of the anchor together
Shank: Helps the anchor settle in the seabed
Stock: Ensures the anchor rests vertically so the fluke can dig in
Flukes: The arms of the anchor that dig into the seabed.
You are traveling at 35 knots. How far will you go in 6 minutes?
35/10= 3.5 miles
29278/279 "Decked out"!
Cleats?
Towing Bitts?
Six 10" Cleats 2 forward, 2 amidships, 2 aft
Bitts: 1 Fwd, 1 Aft (Sampson Posts
The engine lube oil pressure alarm is sounding! You have identified the affected engine, now what?
Have a fire extinguisher ready, check the engine well and engines for oil, rig the anchor per the cxn, verify oil level, that the filter is on tight and that the oil drain is secure (where is the oil drain??), do not restart the engine if you have not remedied the problem.
You've arrive on scene of an ATON needing maintenance and the cxn asks you to notify Sector. What information should you give them?
Position, Aid number, intentions
The 26 proceeds in these areas with extreme caution with the approval of the OIC
Horn Harbor, Winter Harbor, Little Wicomico, Eastern Shore (all entrances other than Cape Charles), Swash channel between #1 and #5, and Smith Point cut to 1 NM off shore.
When de-anchoring it is important to extend your arm to show the cxn
where the anchor rode is relative to the boat.
You are going to travel 40 miles. You are at your planing speed of 30 knots. How long will it take to get there?
60D=ST
D=40 S=30
60(40)=(30)(t)
2400=30t
2400/30=T 80 minutes
Besides the scuppers, how many hull access points (thru hulls) are there?
1 Aft side of frame 3
2 3/4 inch plugs one on the main transom, the other on the engine well
All 3 used for internal inspection and pressure tests
Transducer through hull 18 inches offset from keel
You're at the helm, the engine rpms are off the charts, and you can't get the throttles to neutral. What now?
If RRMs cannot be reduced, pull the kill switch. Check to see if throttle cable in engine is correlating with throttle movement (where do you look?), check fuses, check throttle control lever to gearshift connections at the port console, rig the anchor per cxn.
When receiving notifications and commands from the coxswain while u/w, what is your responsibility?
Reply swiftly and loudly. Close the loop!
STAAR...how do we use it?
We use the STAAR model to mitigate risk in order to accomplish the mission.
What verbal communication might you share with the cxn when de-anchoring?
Anchor aweigh, Forward, Neutral, arm extension, Anchor is clear, anchor is on board, increments of feet of rode on board as the anchor is pulled up.
Who's you favorite Auxiliarist?
Honestly? I have to ask that question??
Water in the Bilge?
______ GPH Kept in ___________ mode
How many bilge pumps and where are they?
What is the Sump and where is it?
2000 GPH, Auto Mode
2 aft in Fuel Tank Compartment
1 forward below deck, 1100 GPH
Fuel tank Compartment; takes care of water coming in thru window opernings