RYA Training Centre

RYA Intermediate Powerboat

The RYA Intermediate Powerboat is an ideal course for those who have successfully completed Level 2 coastal but want to improve their powerboat navigation, skills and qualifications.It is recomended you have VHF radio and first aid courses.

Ideal for developing skills to complete short coastal passages by day.

Duration: 2 days

Age: Minimum 16 yrs

Course Details

Theory: Knowledge of Navigation, true and magnetic bearings, bearings and distance, chart symbols, tidal diamonds and tidal streams, use of pilot books, positions lines, use of marina locks (can be covered practically if appropriate).

An understanding of longitude and latitude, the principles of GPS, sources of forecast information and the interpretation of forecasts.

Use a plotting instrument and plot a course to steer (CTS).
Work out tidal heights for standard ports using a tidal curve.
Interpret buoyage.
Interpret specific IRPCS.
Use GPS waypoint navigation.
Be able to use a laminated chart afloat.
Use pilotage to enter an unfamiliar port by day.
Explain how to make a VHF emergency call.

Practical:

The aim of the practical session is to put into practice the theory detailed above and to complete a passage.

To understand the importance of:

Boat Preparation
Boat Handling
Practical Pilotage
Passage Planning
Man overboard in more demanding conditions

Cost £265 per person max 3 students.

Fast track one to one £385.