Develop your skills with our RYA Intermediate Powerboat 

 

The RYA Intermediate Powerboat course is our mid level course. Clients include those that have completed their powerboat level 2 looking to progress through powerboating, existing boat owners and students who would like to charter (hire) a powerboat either in the UK or abroad.It is also a step up from the powerboat level 2.

 

Is the RYA Intermediate Powerboat course right for me?

 

The Intermedaite powerboat course is designed to give students an understanding of powerboating under the guidance of a highly experienced and qualified Advanced RYA powerboat instructor. This two day course focuses on developing your boat handling, safety and navigation skills. It is the perfect training course for students who have already completed the powerboat level 2  it is also suitable for seasoned powerboaters looking to consolidate their experience who are also looking to progress onto our adavnced powerboat course,or advanced CoC.

 

Previous experience?

 

Students will need to have completed the RYA powerboat level 2.

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What will I learn?

 

This course is designed to bridge the gap between the RYA Level 2 Powerboat course and the RYA Advanced Powerboat course. The course aims to teach you to take the powerboat beyond just line of sight destinations and as such you will learn more about both traditional and modern navigational techniques including the use of GPS and chart plotters. You will spend time working on passage planning and pilotage skills which you will put into practice by completing a slightly longer coastal trip. The course will also work on improving the basic boat handling skills you acquired during Level 2 including some time spent considering handling slightly rougher conditions. Having successfully completed this course you will be confident to take a powerboat on slightly longer and more demanding trips and manoeuvre it in tighter confines.

 

Course Itinerary

 

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
   Latitude and longitude
   The principles of GPS
   Sources of forecast information and the interpretation of forecasts
   Tidal heights at secondary ports
   Use a plotting instrument and plot a course to steer (CTS)
   Work out tidal heights for standard pors using a tidal curve
   Interpret Lateral and Cardinal buoyage
   Implement IRPCS, in particular rules 5,7,8,9,12-19,23
   Use GPS waypoint navigation and determine XTE, SOG, COG, BTW, DTW
   Use a laminated chart afloat
   Use pilotage to enter an unfamiliar port by day
   Explain how to make a VHF emergency call

 

The RYA Powerboat Intermediate Course Includes:

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Dry Suit Hire

Use of top of the range MCA inspected RIBS 5m to 8.2m and fuel

Power Boat Intermediate certificate 

Free tea and coffee

 

Course Costs

Course fee now only £350pp*

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Course Location

Our RYA approved training centre is based at:

Liverpool Marina

Coburg wharf

Liverpool

L3 4BP