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Have you been out of the game for a while? Do you have a new crew member? Have you up or down graded?
Maybe its just a brush-up on the basics such as Time and distance or chart work (a common thing now that we live in a GPS world).
Whatever your needs are we can arrange training to suite those needs.
Although we are based in Royal Clarence Marina, Gosport we shall be only to pleased to come to you.
Should you wish to train on your own boat use one of our school boats or just classroom work.
Rates will be set once we understand your requirements.
For more information contact Cliff on +447767398892 or
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The RYA Powerboat Advanced Course is the culmination of the Powerboat training courses, so prior knowledge of Powerboat Levels 1 & 2 plus the Powerboat Intermediate courses is a base requirement.
As expected the level of training is greater with the emphasis on more intense navigation both by day and by night. You will come away from the Powerboat Advanced Course with a sound knowledge and the confidence to make passages over longer distance during the day in bad visibility and at night in a safe manner.
The RYA Powerboat Advanced Course covers all that’s covered in the RYA Powerboat Intermediate Course and the following:
The importance of pre-trip planning, Pilotage and the use of leading and clearing lines, Meteorology, Rules of the road, use of engines, Emergency situations, Night cruising.
The RYA Powerboat Advanced Course is taken over two days. (With a night passage)
The minimum age is:
Age 17
The cost of the RYA Powerboat Advanced Course is:
Tuition:
2 Days Classroom / Practical
With regret and due to the increase in services such as fuel and electricity during the past year.
For the first time in 5 years we need to change our prices.
1-2-1 instruction, £500.00
Individual booking, £340.00
Booking for two, £320.00 each
Booking for three, £300.00 each
1st Sea School boat hire:
£190 per day (extra fuel) divided by number of students
You may take the RYA Powerboat Advanced Course in your own boat (if suitable for night work):
Own boat tuition: £200.00 per day for one client + £25.00 per day for each extra client + course material + travel if required.
For more information contact Cliff on +447767398892 or
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The RYA Powerboat Intermediate Course is aimed at those skippers that have completed Powerboat level 2 and now looking for that bit more out of boating with the ability to safely make longer passages by day or night. The Powerboat Intermediate Course will introduce you to a higher level of navigation and boating skills.
The RYA Powerboat Intermediate Course is taken over two days, with night work and will cover the following:
RYA Powerboat Intermediate Theory;
A knowledge of:
Navigation, True & magnetic bearings, Bearing & distance, Chart symbols, Tidal diamonds & Tidal streams, use of pilot books, Position lines, use of marine locks.
Understanding of:
Latitude & Longitude, The principles of GPS, Sources of forecast information and the Interpretation of forecasts, Tidal heights at secondary ports.
Can;
Use a plotting instrument and can plot a course to steer ( CTS ), use of a tidal curve, work out tidal heights for standard ports, Buoyage, Rules of the road (IRPCS), Pilotage,
Mayday Call on VHF sets.
RYA Powerboat Intermediate Practical:
Boat Preparation, Boat handling, Pilotage, Passage making, man overboard.
The minimum age limit for the course is:
Age 16
The cost of the RYA Powerboat Intermediate Course:
Tuition:
2 Days Classroom / Practical
With regret and due to the increase in services such as fuel and electricity during the past year.
For the first time in 5 years we need to change our prices.
1-2-1 instruction, £450.00
Individual booking, £320.00
Booking for two, £290.00 each
Booking for three, £270.00 each
1st Sea School boat hire:
£180 per day (extra fuel) divided by number of students
You may do the RYA Powerboat Intermediate Course in your own boat (if suitable for night work):
Own boat tuition: £200.00 per day for one client + £25.00 per day for each extra client + course material + travel if required.
For more information contact Cliff on +447767398892 or
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For many of us the chance to go out and try a boat starts with a trip on a friends boat.
RYA Powerboat Courses
The RYA Powerboat Courses give you the opportunity to gain the experience and knowledge to be safe afloat. Be it in your own boat or one of our school boats.
Your boat licence : International Certificate of Competence ICC (up to 10m)
This will cover you in most European ports (always best to check). You may wish to use the European Inland Waterways. You will need to have your ICC endorsed with the GEVNI (a small written test).
The RYA Powerboat Level 1 & 2 Course is taken over two days and will cover the following topics:
Launching & recovery, Boat handling, Securing to a buoy, Anchoring, Leaving & coming alongside, Man overboard.
Knowledge of:
Types of craft, Engines and Drives, Siting of fuel tanks & lines, batteries, Wiring, Fire extinggushers. Engine checks & Maintenance. Use of GPS, Application of Local bylaws, Sources of weather information.
Understanding of:
Awareness of other water users, Communication with other craft hand & sound signals, Emergency action, Towing / being towed, Fire precautions, Ropework.
Knowledge of:
Charts, Buoyage systems, Tides & tidal streams, Steering & hand compasses.
Age limits are:
Level 1 age 8
Level 2 age 12
You may, should you have the skills required, take a direct assessment (one day course).
This is an examination of your skills and not an instructional course.
The cost of the RYA Powerboat Level 1 & 2 Course:
When placing a booking:
2 Days Classroom / Practical
With regret and due to the increase in services such as fuel and electricity during the past year.
For the first time in 5 years we need to change our prices.
1-2-1 instruction, £400.00
Individual booking, £300.00 each
Booking for two, £280.00 each
Booking for three, £260.00 each
Courses will be run on a minimum of 2 students unless booked in for 1-2-1 tuition.
This includes school boat hire and fuel + courses material if required
Own boat tuition: £200.00 per day for one client + £25.00 per day for each extra client + course material + travel if required.
For more information contact Cliff on +447767398892 or
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There are two basic levels or paths of training depending on your type of craft:
Small light craft (up to 10m)
Larger craft (over 10m ) (24m)
RYA Powerboat craft courses are normally based on two day courses. This is around 50% theory and 50% practical.
The RYA Powerboat level 1 & 2 course covers those subjects that will give you the confidence to be safe afloat.
The RYA Powerboat Intermediate course & RYA Powerboat Advance course take you that bit further in your understanding knowledge and skill. Including bad visibility and night passage work.
You can also be awarded the ICC 10m, personal watercraft, CEVNI (Inland Waterways licence) - this is a requirement for European inland Waterways (short written test), Cruising courses, Helmsman, ICC 24m, Day Skipper, Yacht Master Coastal, Yacht Master Off Shore.
Time to put your theory into practice or move onto the next level.
Upgrading to a larger boat, planning to charter on holiday - these courses will show you the skills needed to safely move a lager boat from port to port and mooring safely at the end of the day.
RYA Helmsman and the ICC 24m are based on two days tuition 50% Theory 50% practical
Covering the subjects that will give you the confidence to be safe afloat.
RYA Day Skipper takes you to the next level and is a good foundation for Yacht Master courses
Although it is not a requirement to have completed your theory prior to practical training, over the years it has proved to be a far better way of doing it, as there in not much time to teach/explain both the theory and practical in the time periods given.
The course is based on 4-5 days depending on your experience, covering longer passages than you may have covered during Basic Helmsman, there will also be a night navigation phase as an introduction to night passage making.
After discussions held with the RYA Chief Instructor Cruising the following training schedules are excepted.
You can do the theory course online, but we do not run online courses.
If you have already successfully completed your theory (can produce a certificate) the practical course will be 4 days.
If you have part completed your theory (no certificate) then you can do a Theory Revision / Practical course 4-5 or if required 5-6 days.
Should you wish to combine both the theory and practical courses in full, each course cut back by one day will be 8 days in total.
RYA Yacht Master, Coastal and Off shore. 6 days
As by the name it’s a far more intense level, the Coastal is the entry level into the commercial world and you may wish to take the commercial endorsement on exam day.
Yacht Master Off shore will give you the confidence to make those cross channel or longer coastal passages day or night.
Due to the length of the courses we are happy to brake this down into two sessions however its always better if you can complete in one go.
Yacht Master exam days are conducted by an independent examiner on the last day of the course.
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