Yngling Maintenance Test

Objective

To ensure all Yngling key holders can contribute efficiently to the maintenance of the club's Yngling fleet.

Eligibility

Any active YCC member who is preparing for the Y test.

Yngling Maintenance Curriculum and Test

The Maintenance test examiner is Tim Foster who organises tests on request.
The test takes place in Port Choiseul but does not involve an outing.
The test normally takes about one hour with a group of up to four well prepared candidates.
The YCC website is a good source of information for those preparing for the test; other members and course teachers are also able to answer any questions during outings.
Candidates will be asked questions on the following subjects.

Curriculum

Roles and Responsibilities

• Understand the responsibilities of club members in maintaining and repairing club boats.
• Understand the role of the maintenance coordinators and know who they are.

Moorings and Fenders

• Understand importance of correct tension in the mooring lines.
• Understand how the rear mooring buoy is kept in position and how the mooring line is attached to the buoy.
• Understand how to avoid that the rear mooring line becomes tangled around the mooring buoy.
• Understand the correct positioning of fenders.

Boat Condition

Know how to check whether the boat is safe to sail

• Helpers task App
  Know how to access, search and sign up to Helper tasks.
• Logbook
  Know who is responsible for filling in the logbook after each outing.
  Know how to access the logbook.
  Be able to list the minimum details which need to be logged.
  Know how to report key system problems.
• Visual inspection on boarding
  Understand the importance of checking the boat before each outing, and listing the most common faults to look out for.

Damage to Boats and Injuries to Crew

• Be able to explain what to do if a boat is damaged in an accident involving a YCC boat.
• Be able to explain what to do if anyone is injured in an accident involving a YCC boat.

Sails

• Understand how to ensure sails have as long a life as possible.
• Know what should be in the sail repair kit.
• Know when and how to use the items in the sail repair kit.

Tools, Spare Parts and other Resources

• Know where the toolbox is, how to access it and what they might find in it.
• Know where and how to obtain spare parts which they cannot find in the toolbox.
• Know what resources are available on the web site.