Boatswain's Mate

JI-1(Corresponding badge for over 14Yrs 6 months – SI-1-Boatswain)

Objective: - Demonstrate basic skill in handing a boat and ability to understand Bo ‘suns calls.

1. Repair a small leak in a pulling boat or dinghy.

2. Be able to make the following bends and hitches:

   1. Timber Hitch

   2. Rolling Hitch

   3. Marlin spike Hitch

   4. Blackwall Hitch

   5. Midshipman’s Hitch

   6. Fisherman’s Bend

   7. Carrick Bend

   8. Bowline on a bight

   9. Running Bow line

   10. Mouse a hook: Short and Eye Splices, Single wall and Crown, and a Mathew Walker. Make one form of a stopper knot.

3. Make a fender, either of rope or canvas suitable for a pulling boat.

4. Know how to start the engine of a small boat, check fuel and oil etc.

5. Know the contents of a boat’s bag

6. Make the following on a Bo’sun’s pipe:

   1. Dinner

   2. The Still

   3. Lash up and stow

   4. Away ship’s boat

   5. Carry on

   6. Pipe Down