This course is for people with no previous experience or if you want to brush up on existing skills.
Provides the skills and background knowledge needed by the competent powerboat driver and is the basis of the International Certificate of Competence. It aims to teach boat handling and seamanship in powerboats. It focuses on low speed close quarters handling, man overboard recovery, an introduction to driving at planing speed, and collision regulations.
The boat the course is conducted on is a Grand G750 7.5metre RIB with a 200hp V8 Mercury engine.
Price:
€400 per person
Sylabus:
Boat Handling:
Familiarisation & slow speed handling
Turning in a confined area
Holding Off
Securing to a buoy
Anchoring
Leaving and Coming Alongside a marina berth
Use of springs
Man Overboard
Planing speed
Theory:
Types of craft & engines
GPS / Chart Plotters
Distress
IRPCS (rules of the road) & local byelaws
Charts, chart symbols & buoyage systems
Pilotage and passage planning
Tides & Tidal stream
Weather
Fees Include:
RYA Start Powerboating Handbook
RYA Powerboat Level 2 Certificate (assuming successful completion)
Use of a Powerboat (including fuel)
Use of a Lifejacket
RYA Powerboat Instructor