RYA Advanced Powerboat

RYA Advanced Powerboat

Anybody undertaking this course must have the practicle skills of the Intermediate course and Knowledge of Navigation to at least the standard of the Day Skipper Shorebased course.

Students taking the Advanced course must hold a VHF/SRC Operators certificate and a First Aid certificate. Acceptable certificates include the RYA First Aid Certificate, First Aid at Work, First Aid at Sea, or any other certificate issued on completion of a course which is a minimum of one day’s duration, recognised by the Health and Safety Executive and includes the treatment of hypothermia, cold shock, and drowning.

This course has a minimum age of 17, with a minimum duration of 2 Days including at least one night navigation exercise.

The course includes:

  • Navigation by day and night
  • Weather
  • Preparation for sea
  • Boat handling
  • Passage making and responsibility as skipper
  • Pilotage
  • Meterology
  • Rules of the road
  • Use of engines
  • Emergency situations
  • Night cruising

After this course, you will be able to plan and execute coastal trips and return to familiar ports by night.

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