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Subject to the above qualification, a candidate may be examined
for a sailing-ship endorsement of any grade at the same time as he
is examined for a certificate of competency of the same or of a higher
grade. If a candidate desires to be examined for a sailing-ship en-
dorsement only, he must possess a certificate of competency of at
least the same grade as the endorsement which he requires.
A candidate may be examined for a fore-and-aft sailing-ship
endorsement if he has served the requisite time in fore-and-aft vessels.
74. Second Mate, Sailing-ship Endorsement.—The candidate
must understand and give satisfactory answers on the following
subjects :—
(a) The standing and running rigging of ships.
(b) Bending, unbending, setting, reefing, taking in, and furling
sail.
(c) Sending masts and yards up and down, &c.
(d) Management of a ship when under canvas.
(e) The Rule of the Road as regards sailing-vessels, their regula-
tion lights and fog and sound signals.
(f) Any questions appertaining to the duties of a second mate
of a sailing-ship that the Examiner may think necessary
to ask.
75. First Mate, Sailing-ship Endorsement.—In addition to the
qualifications required for a second mate's sailing-ship endorse-
ment, the candidate will be required to show a knowledge of the
following subjects :—
(a) Shifting large spars, rigging sheers, taking lower masts in
and out.
(b) How to moor and unmoor ship ; to keep a clear anchor ;
and to carry out an anchor.
(c) How to manage a ship in stormy weather, and to cast a ship
on a lee shore.
(d) How to secure the masts in the event of accident to the
bowsprit.
(e) How to rig purchases for getting heavy weights, anchors,
machinery, &c., in or out.
(f) How to get a cast of the deep sea lead in heavy weather.
(g) Accidents, and how to deal with them.
(h) Any other questions appertaining to the duties of first
mate of a sailing-ship which the Examiner may think
necessary to ask.
76. Master, Sailing-ship Endorsement.—In addition to the
qualifications required for the sailing-ship endorsement for second
and first mate, the candidate will be required to show a knowledge
of the following subjects :—
(a) Management of ship in heavy weather.
(b) Rescuing the crew of a disabled vessel.
(c) Steps to be taken when a ship is on her beam ends, or in any
danger or difficulty, or disabled or unmanageable and on
a lee shore.
(d) Heaving a keel out.
(e) Any other question appertaining to the management of a
sailing-ship which the Examiner may think it necessary
to ask.

CERTIFICATES FOR HOME-TRADE SHIPS.

77. Wireless Qualifications for Home-trade Ships.—Every candi-
    date for a certificate of competency as master home-trade, mate
    home-trade, or second mate home-trade, will require to produce,
    on every occasion on which he presents himself for examination for
    his first certificate of competency, a valid certificate as “Wireless
    Signaller,” or a wireless certificate of a higher class than “Wireless
    Signaller.” (See Appendix E.)

CANDIDATES' MINIMUM AGE AND SERVICE, ETC.
[NOTE.—Sea-service qualifications are shown in tabular form in
Appendix J.]

78. Second Mate.—A candidate must be not less than nineteen
    years of age, and have served three years at sea, or one year at sea
    and two years in extended river limits.
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