RYA Powerboat Level 1&2

Day 1
0900 Introduction
0910 Types of Craft & their equipment
1000 Video—Boat Handling
1045 Coffee
1100 Engines & Drives
1130 IRPCS & Buoyage
1200 Lunch
1245 Practical Session 1
1630 Recovery and de-brief
1700 Individual De-brief

Day 2
0900 Assemble
0910 Charts & Chart Symbols
0940 Tides & Tidal streams
1010 The Compass & Position fix
1040 Coffee
1110 Position fixing using Transits
1130 Lunch
1200 Practical Session 2
1600 Recovery & Putting to bed
1700 Coffee & Open Forum, Individual de brief


Practical Sessions…
Launching & Recovery

• Use of trailer or launching trolley
• Consideration of launching & sea conditions, including hazards & obstructions.
• Number of persons required to launch/recover.
• Construction, width and condition of slipway
• Steep/slippery slip ways, beach launching/lee shores
• Care of trailer bearings, hitch, lashings, ties, lights, winch, trailer parking, prep of boat, lines, fenders, safety equipment, fuel tanks & lines.
• Stowing & securing gear on board

Boat Handling

• Pre-start checks, starting & stopping, using kill cords
• Loading: effect on handling and performance, effect on balance and trim.
• Crew members, minimum number in high speed craft, keeping a lookout.
• Awareness of other boat users, including the effects of wash
• Crew members, minimum number in high speed craft, keeping a lookout.
• Awareness of other boat users, including the effects of wash
• Steering controls, effects of tidal stream
• Low speed manoeuvring: planing, trim tabs and power trim, S-turns, U-turns
• Planing boats, propeller angle & immersion, shallow drive, high/low speed handling, tiller/console steering
• Displacing boats; handling ahead & astern, carrying way

Securing to a buoy

• Preparation of mooring warp, use of boat hook, method of approach, crew communication, making fast, procedure when overshooting.

Anchoring

• Type; stowage & attachment to boat, depth of water, holding ground, scope required preparation of anchor, chain & warp, method of approach in various conditions, taking off way, crew communication

Leaving & Coming alongside

• Preparation & use of painter, lines & fenders, attachment to boat, stowage under away. Speed & angle of approach, wind effect, method of approach in tidal stream or current. Making fast alongside, use of springs, leaving—ahead or astern

Man Overboard

• Immediate action, observation of MOB, correct return, awareness of propeller, approach to man in water, recovery of man overboard

Coastal

• Practical application of section A on coastal waters, practical use of charts & understanding of chart symbols & Buoyage systems, practical understanding of tides & tidal streams, use of steering & hand bearing compass. Pilotage & passage planning.