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one to eleven, and one other test on rowboat, sailboat, canoe or motor boat. A. GENERAL 1. Swim twenty-five yards with clothes and shoes on, or hold the swimming merit badge. 2. Know sixteen points of the compass. 3. Find any one of the four cardinal points of the compass by sun or stars. 4. Know the rules for right of way. 5. Know how to counteract the effect of current, tide and wind. 6. Demonstrate making a landing, coming along side, making fast, pushing off. 7. What is a calm? What is a squall? What are the sky and water conditions that denote the approach of the latter? 8. Why are squalls dangerous? 9. What are the dangers of moving about or standing in a boat? 10. Tie four knots for use in handling a boat. Prepare, tie and throw a life line a distance of 25 feet. 11. Which is the "port" and which the "starboard" side of the boat, and what color lights represent each. B. ROWBOAT. 1. Demonstrate correct way to step into a rowboat, to boat the oars, feather the oars, turn around, row backward, back water, keep a straight course. 2. Name two types of row boats. 3. Demonstrate rowing alone on a straight course for a period of one-half hour. Keep stroke with another person for the same length of time. 4. Demonstrate sculling or poling. 5. Bail and clean a boat. 6. What does it mean to "trim ship?" C. SAILBOAT. 1. Demonstrate hoisting a sail, taking in a reef, letting out a reef, steering, sailing close to the wind, before the wind, coming about, coming up into the wind. 2. What is meant by tacking? 3. What is the difference between a keel and centerboard type of boat? Tell the advantage of each. 4. Coil the ropes on a sailboat. 5. Name three different types of sailboats. D. CANOE. 1. Where and how should a canoe be placed when not in use? 2. Demonstrate putting a canoe into the water, stepping into it, taking it out, and the technique of bow and stern paddling. 3. Overturn,
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