RYA Powerboat Instructor Resources:
Powerboat Instructor Skills Assessment:
Powerboat Instructor Course Syllabus:
Powerboat Level 1 Sessions:
Level 1 Practical Sessions:
Level 1 Theory Sessions:
Level 2 Practical Sessions:
- Introduction to the powerboat & safety kit
- Top Tips for powerboat practical sessions
- Familiarisation & Low Speed Handling
- Holding Off
- Picking up a mooring
- Man Overboard
- Coming Alongside & Departing
- Turning on a warp
- Springing on & off a pontoon
- Turning in a confined space
- Planing Speed
- Anchoring
- Launching
- Using a steering & hand bearing compass
How to teach the coastal content of the Powerboat Level 2 course at an inland training centre - See here
Level 2 Theory Sessions:
- Teaching Theory at Powerboat Level 2
- Charts, chart symbols
- Buoyage
- Tides & Tidal Streams
- Pilotage & Passage Planning
- Teaching IRPCS at powerboat level 2
- GPS / Chart Plotters
- Hull Types & Engine Drives
- Engine Checks
- Knots
- Trailers & Towing
- Cold Water Shock & Immersion Hypothermia
- Boat Registration Schemes
-
Salvage
- Weather
- Avoiding & mitigating a hook turn
- Emergencies
- Distress Signals: DSC and the MAYDAY call
