The competition will be split into two task types:
1. Qualification heats, and
2. Semi finals each day and the Final on the last day
Qualification heats
These will be conducted as a circuit, with one task following another, in a simple six step heat against the clock.
Tasks
1. Needle filling
Correctly fill a net needle with two fathoms of twine.
2. Eye splice with 4 tucks and a taper
Splice an eye into three strand medium rope with the standard four tucks and a taper where the three ends are in a line.
3. Completion of 3 knots
Simply tie three well known knows correctly as quickly as possible
4. Hydrostatic release test
Attach a liferaft painter correctly to a hydrostatic release device on a cradle so that it correctly releases in an emergency (better take a quick look at your own liferaft)
5. 3 Questions
Answer three questions correctly about, navigation, lights, seamanship, safety, or Commercial Fishing
6. Donning of survival suit and life jacket
Get into a survival suit and don a Duncan lifejacket (not as easy as it sounds against the clock)
The fastest five competitors of the day will go through to the semi-final event on that day and the winners of the semi-finals will go through to the final held on the last day the Saturday.
Semi-Finals and Finals
Tasks
1. Needle filling Approx 30 seconds
Correctly fill a net needle with two fathoms of twine.
2. Net mending Approx 3 minutes
Mend a V shaped hole in a 4inch mesh net
3. Cable splicing Approx 5 minutes
Liverpool splice a length of prepared combination wire
4. Identification questions Approx 1 minute
Answer a tough fishing trivia question, but you get another one with each wrong answer
5. Immersion suit and life jacket donning Approx 3 minutes
Get into an immersion suit and don a Duncan lifejacket then ring the bell!
6. 1st and 2nd place to go on a head to head in a 5 question weakest link finale
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