How to earn your badge:

1. Show that you understand the equipment required for the activity.

   As part of this:

   • point out and name the basic parts of a pulling boat
   • explain the importance of wearing appropriate clothing for various weather conditions

2. Show that you can take part in this activity safely.

   You should:

   • understand how to safely enter and exit the boat
   • understand the safety equipment required and how to use it
   • gain a basic knowledge of the rules of the road for your local waters
   • understand the difference between a lifejacket and a buoyancy aid, and demonstrate how to wear them correctly
   • from a boat, heave an unweighted line to land within reach of target five metres, within three attempts
   • learn the actions and safety requirements to take when being towed
   • know how to respond in an emergency

3. Carry out these manoeuvres in sequence:

   • take the boat away from a bank side mooring
   • row in a straight line for 100 metres
   • complete a figure-of-eight course
   • come alongside in your dinghy, to moor at a ring, post, bollard or buoy, using a round turn and two half hitches

4. Complete two of these tasks:

   1. scull over the stern between two points, 20 metres apart, and turn through 180 degrees
   2. draw stroke over the bow
   3. take a place as an oarsman, including stroke
   4. give boat orders effectively, or listen to boat orders and act on them
   5. as bowman, be a lookout and report hazards to the coxswain using standard maritime directions, such as starboard, port quarter and dead ahead