Line Handling Sheet - CG Auxiliary District 11SR

1 D11S SURFACE OPERATIONSLINE Handling COMMANDS:FOR STANDARDIZATION ..Standardized line Handling com-mands leads to efficiency andsafety. They enable all boatcrews and coxswains to effec-tively communicate no matterwhich operational facility theyare on. And they conform withCoast Guard active duty we wear the same uniformas the CG active duty compo-nent the public sees us as one the Coast Guard. It is there-fore incumbent on all of us tolook our best and be efficient inour operations using and echo-ing standard line Handling ALL COMMANDS ..Repeat the command to confirmthat it was heard, and thenagain to notify a command is not under-stoodYELL, command ? It is the responsibility of the per-son issuing the command to ver-ify that it is heard and under-stood.

2 Echoing commands ac-complishes Handling Pass [ line no.] = to pass aline to a person on anotherboat or dock. Put a round turn on [ line no.] = take a turn around a cleat tocontrol slippage Make [ line no.] = secure aline around a cleat or bollard. Break [ line no.] = release allturns around a cleat or bollard. Cast off [ line no. or all lines] = leaving mooring lines on thedock or another boat. Take in [ line no. or all lines] = leaving a dock and takingour lines with us. Or taking in atowline. Slack [ line no.] = take all ten-sion off a line . Take slack out of [ line no.] =take in enough line to createtension. Ease [ line no.] = let line outuntil under less tension, butnot slacked. Hold [ line no.] = do not letany more line out. Shift [ line no.]

3 ] = move a lineto a different position. line IN THE WATER!! ..Means that there is a looseline in the water that could po-tentially foul the boat s commonly used when aheaving line has fallen shortand the end is in the water or,when a towline is released intothe lines are connected onboth ends to something andthe center section is in the wa-ter (such as a towline), this isnot considered a line in thewater However, care muststill be taken to alert thehelmsman if the lines get closeto the line COMMANDS .. I have a shot =crewmanstates he/she has heaving lineready and feels he/she canreach the target. Take your shot =coxswain scommand to crewman to heavethe line . Heads up =crewman callsout as line is SAFETY COMMANDS: Going over = leaving the boat.

4 Coming up/down = throttlingup or down. Opening/closing = increasing/decreasing space betweenboats