Unit 4 - Man overboard

Question 1

Etaler

Answer 1

To post in “Instructions are also given and posted in the working alleyways”

Question 2

Coursive/passage

Answer 2

Alleyway

Question 3

Fiche

Answer 3

Flip-card

Question 4

Noter l’heure dans le journal de bord

Answer 4

To log the time

Question 5

Convoquer/appeler

Answer 5

To summon “OOW sounds the alarm signal to summon all hands and place both engins on standby”

Question 6

Une couche

Answer 6

A layer “… then a detailed layer search every 10° below the horizon”

Question 7

Fermer la glissière

Answer 7

To zip up “He will be zipped up in the sleeping bag”

Question 8

Accrocher

Answer 8

To hook on “One spliced into each end of the boat for hooking on to the boat’s falls(Garant/drisse)”

Question 9

Hypothermie

Answer 9

Hypothermia “He is given proper treatment for hypothermia and shock”

Question 10

Corps/torse

Answer 10

Trunk

Question 11

Contrôler

Answer 11

To monitor “His temperature and pulse rate monitored every 30 minutes”

Question 12

Retirer la chaleur

Answer 12

To draw off heat “If his arms and legs are very cold they should not be allowed to draw off heat from his main truck”

Question 13

Tracer la route

Answer 13

To plot (the course)

Question 14

Demande/prière/requête

Answer 14

A plea

Question 15

Immerger la saleté/les débris en mer

Answer 15

To dump rubbish at sea “May I make a general plea to all ships who still dump rubbish at sea”

Question 16

Bin-liner

Answer 16

Sac poubelle/sac à ordures “Especially those who use black bin-liners”

Question 17

Observation/perception

Answer 17

Sighting “So often during a search, we find that a sighting turns out to be false because of…”

Question 18

Lieu que l’on fréquente/repère

Answer 18

Haunt “A search of the accommodation and his usual haunts had failed to find him”

Question 19

Instituer/établir

Answer 19

To institute “A thorough search of the entire ship was instituted”

Question 20

Prendre en main/mettre en train

Answer 20

Put in hand “I considered it advisable to assume the worth had happened and put in hand the following man overboard procedure”

Question 21

Tête de mat

Answer 21

Mast head “An available men were stationed at the mast heads as lookout”

Question 22

Repère

Answer 22

Datum mark “Dropped a large oil drum overside, hoping it would act as a datum mark”

Question 23

Défendre/plaider

Answer 23

To advocate “I would not advocate that the man overboard “drills” are carried out purely for practice”

Question 24

Matière à reflexion

Answer 24

Food for thought “ Produced the following questions, which I offer here, as Food for Thought”

Question 25

Loi/au loin

Answer 25

Far afield “how many and from how far afield ?”

Question 26

Coin/recoin

Answer 26

Nook “A very thorough search of every nook and cranny”

Question 27

Faille/fissure/fente

Answer 27

Cranny

Question 28

Anti-dérapant

Answer 28

Non-skid “Treat any slippery areas with either non-skid paint or stick on strips”

Question 29

Plafond entalus d’un yacht

Answer 29

Sloping coachroof “Pay particular attention to the tops of hatches and sloping coachroof sides”

Question 30

Gîté/incliné

Answer 30

To heel “When the boat is heeled”

Question 31

Harnais

Answer 31

Harness “Use harness in rough weather and at night”

Question 32

Capeler & contre-étai

Answer 32

Rig & Jackstays “Rig jackstays on both sides of the boat”

Question 33

Sanglé

Answer 33

Webbing “Flat webbing straps are in some ways better than wire”

Question 34

Bouée en forme de fer à cheval

Answer 34

A horseshoe lifebuoy

Question 35

Ancre flottante

Answer 35

A drogue

Question 36

Pare-battage

Answer 36

A fender

Question 37

Un cannot

Answer 37

Dinghy