This 2-day course is perfect for those powerboaters who have successfully completed the
RYA Powerboat Level 2 and want to further their powerboat skills and qualifications.
The aim of the course is to teach powerboating up to the standard required to complete a short coastal passage by day as well as allowing participants an overview of the skill level required to complete the RYA Powerboat Advanced course.
Participants should have a 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 – however this will all be revised during the 2 days
We will also cover an understanding of longitude and latitude, the principles of GPS, as well as looking at sources of weather forecast information and how we interpret the forecasts.
Required experience
The RYA suggests that anyone undertaking the Powerboat Intermediate should be competent to the standard of RYA Powerboat Level 2. It is recommended that candidates hold a first aid and VHF/SRC operator's certificate and have knowledge to the level of Day Skipper theory.
Participants should already have a knowledge of:
- Navigation
- True and magnetic bearings
- Bearing and distance
- Chart symbols
- Tidal diamonds and tidal streams
- Use of pilot books
- Position lines
- Use of marina locks
This content will be revised during the course.
During the course will also cover an understanding of longitude and latitude, the principles of GPS, as well as looking at sources of weather forecast information and how we interpret forecasts.
Shore-based learning
During our shore-based sessions we will:
- 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 International Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea (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 learning
The aim of the practical session is to put into practice the theory covered during the shore-based learning in order to ultimately complete a short coastal passage. You will have an understanding of the importance of boat preparation, boat handling, passage planning, as well as practical pilotage and man overboard in likely more demanding conditions than you are previously used to.
Required experience
RYA Powerboat Level 2
Timetable
- Day 1
- Day 2