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Unit 10 · Decide and practise

Emergencies and the environment

Call for the right help, protect people in the water and leave NSW waterways healthy for the next crew.

Exercise: Choose the response before trouble grows

You are the skipper on Lake Macquarie. Work through each situation using the danger to people as your guide.

Step by step

  1. Your engine has failed. You are safely anchored, clear of traffic, but need an urgent tow. Nobody is in imminent danger. Which call fits?

    Show the solution

    Pan pan is for urgent trouble without imminent danger. If circumstances become life-threatening, use Mayday.

  2. Which VHF channel do you use for the initial emergency call?

    Show the solution

    VHF channel 16 is the distress channel. The equivalent distress channel for a 27 MHz radio is 88.

  3. While you wait, two people in the cabin feel dizzy. The generator has been running. What should you do?

    Show the solution

    Carbon monoxide is odourless. Dizziness near a running generator needs urgent action, ventilation and medical help.

  4. A friend suggests emptying a portable toilet into the lake before the tow arrives. What do you do?

    Show the solution

    Do not discharge sewage into NSW waterways. Use a suitable pumpout facility or toilet.

Now on your own

Now imagine a winter trip on the Hawkesbury River. Choose your response without the guided hints.

  1. A passenger is alongside in the water. The engine is in neutral. What do you do before lifting them aboard?

  2. You recover a shivering, confused passenger. Which care is appropriate?

  3. The incident caused an injury. You have not given the required details to authorised officers at the scene. Within how many hours must you submit a Vessel Incident Report?

  4. At your next anchorage, your wash is breaking against a soft riverbank. What should you do?