RYA powerboat courses 2008

Our powerboat training fleet – comprising a variety of high speed RIBs and displacement craft – will give you the type of practical experience that is essential to develop competence and a sound knowledge of boat handling and rescue techniques.

Our courses provide the chance to practice and understand from first principles, in order to get it right every time.

Powerboat courses for 2008:
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RYA Powerboat 1 & 2: 1-3 Feb, 4-6 Apr, 25-27 Jul & 7-9 Nov

These comprehensive courses provide a practical and shore-based introduction to the use of powered craft in a coastal environment:

  • lauch & recovery
  • boat handling - high & low speed
  • anchoring
  • man overboard
  • emergency situations
  • types of craft & power units
  • coastal & tidal instruction
  • plus much more

Successful completion of the course can be used as evidence of competence in applications for the International Certificate of Competence.

Cost: £174, arrive 20:00 Friday- depart 16:00 Sunday

Go to Calendar page to make provisional booking

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RYA Safety Boat: 22-24 Feb

This course provides a sound introduction to safety and rescue boat work. These intensive and demanding weekends are aimed particularly at dinghy instructors and club sailors who are involved in providing safety and rescue cover, and assisting in race management for inexperienced and experienced sailors at centres and clubs.

The course will take the form of practical sessions afloat and shore-based exercises dealing with situations such as the rescue of inverted dinghies, personnel in the water, exhausted windsurfers, craft on lee-shores, and canoes in difficulty etc.

This course requires individuals to be completely familiar with the handling of both planing and displacement craft, as close quarter work and position is important in the rescues performed. To discuss any aspect please feel free to contact us or you can make a provisional booking on the link below.

Cost:£184, arrive 20:00 Friday- depart 16:00 Sunday

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RYA Powerboat Intermediate & Advanced: 21-23 November

This course aims to teach boat handling, seamanship, pilotage and navigation up to the standards required to drive a planing powerboat safely by day(intermediate) or by night (advanced) in tidal coastal waters.

The intermiedate course is designed for powerboaters who are about the standard of the National Powerboat Certificate levle 2 (coastal) and are keen to have training in passage planning by day.

Advanced candidatesshould be competent to the same standard as intermediate but have knowledge of navigation and chartwork to the level of the Day Skipper Shorebased certificate.

Cost:£195 incl. tuition, logbook, full board

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International Certificate of Competence (power and/or sail)

This certificate is required if you are planning to take or use boats in waters outside of the UK. We can offer both practical and theory based assessments, and the CEVNI test which came in during 1999 for Europe's Inland Waterways.

If you hold an existing qualification than this may already prove your competence enabling you to just complete a form. If you not hold one of the recognised certificates then either a course or assessment will be required.

An assessment can be arranged to suit you as required. Please note, the RYA make a charge for issuing the certificate if you are not an RYA member.

To find out more or discuss your requirements, contact Andrew Eastham. Assessments will be arranged on demand.

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Fellowship Afloat is a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Training Centre (tel 0845 345 0400) - the UK Governing Body for sail training.

 

 

 

 

 
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