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Stuart ScrimgeourRYA Powerboat Trainer

NSPB Chief Powerboat Instructor

National Powerboat CertificateRYA Powerboat Level 2

Introduction & Welcome

Course LeaderInstructor Staff

Venue layout – Toilets & Changing FacilitiesFire Procedure

1st Aid ProvisionsCourse times

Site Rules – Do’s & Don'tsLake Layout & Hazards

Actions in the event of an Emergency

START POWERBOATING

Level 1

SAFETY BOAT COURSE

NATIONAL POWERBOAT CERTIFICATE

Level 2

ADVANCED COURSE

Structure of the RYA Scheme

• Further Options

InstructorAdvanced InstructorPowerboat Trainer

PWC Instructor

INTERMEDIATE COURSE

Course Contents

Theory

Launch and Recovery

Boat Handling Underway

Securing to a Buoy

Anchoring

Leaving & Coming Alongside

Man Overboard

Turning in a Confined Space

High Speed Handling

Low Speed Manoeuvres

Hull and Engine Types

IRPCS

Use and Limitations of G.P.S.

Towing & Being Towed

Ropework

Close Down Procedure

Meterology

Clothing & Personal Equipment

Practical

Clothing Preparation

Temperature

Location

Time afloat

Type of boat

Conditions

Wind and spray

Your health

Entering the water?

Fleece inner suit

Spray suits

Wet suit

Dry suit

Sailing jacket and trousers

Trainers / pumps / wet suit boots / wellingtons

Hat and gloves

Considerations Possible Clothing

Life Jacket or Buoyancy Aid?

Wind Awareness

Sources of wind direction information

Flags

Burgee

Smoke

Back of the neck or face

Sails

Other boats

Ripples on the water

Time to go afloat