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Direct Assessment for Experienced Powerboat Drivers

Are you already an experienced powerboat driver but do not have a certificate to verify your proficiency?

We can arrange for you to be assessed and can award the Powerboat Level 2 certificate to those who meet the required standards of competence.

You can take the assessment either on the school RIB or on your own boat.

WHAT IS INVOLVED:

In the morning our instructor will take you through what is required for the assessment and will ask you questions to check your knowledge of theoretical aspects. You will then have a chance to get to know the boat that you will be using and to get some coaching. You may be asked to help launch or recover the boat.

WHAT YOU WILL BE TESTED ON:

Theory: The Instructor will check your theoretical knowledge by asking questions on any of the following areas:

sea-keeping ability of different hull forms, engines and drives, choice and use of fuels, routine engine maintenance, basic fault diagnosis, engine close down procedure, use and limitations of GPS, sources of weather information, hand and sound signals, emergency action, towing and being towed, fire precautions and fire fighting, rope work, distress signals and the Mayday call, Rule of the Road, pilotage and passage planning, charts, chart symbols, buoyage systems

Practical: You will carry out a practical exercise during which you will be required to demonstrate various manoeuvres, including:

stopping and starting the engine, turning boat in own length, high speed runs, 'S' turns, 'U' turns, mooring alongside downwind, turning using warps, man overboard drill, securing to a buoy.

PREREQUISITES: AT LEAST ONE FULL SEASON'S POWERBOAT HANDLING EXPERIENCE (OR EQUIVALENT)
MAX STUDENTS: 3
LENGTH: 1 DAY
PRICE: €175 PER PERSON
PRICE INCLUDES: ALL BOAT EXPENSES* (FUEL ETC.), HALF DAY PRE-TEST COACHING, RYA COURSE MATERIALS, LUNCHES, LIFEJACKET, USE OF WATERPROOFS IF REQUIRED.
* FOR SCHOOL BOAT ONLY

DATES: BY ARRANGEMENT

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