Course Details
RYA Intermediate Powerboat courses are taught on a 3:1 basis, that means 3 participants and 1 Instructor.
£325.00 Per person.
Book and pay On-Line in our pay point below. Dates not suitable? Then contact us to arrange.
| Course Duration | 2 Days |
| Times | 09.00 - 17.00 |
| Minimum age | 16 Years old |
| Prior experience | Candidates should be competent to the standard of the National Powerboat Cerificate Level 2 - with Coastal Endorsement. Knowledge to the level of RYA Day Skipper Theory is recommended. The RYA strongly recommends that candidates hold a First Aid certificate and a VHF/ SRC operators certificate |
| Certification | RYA Intermediate Powerboat Course completion Certificate |
| Clothing | Please bring suitable warm clothing to wear (under our free to use Musto GORE-TEX MPX waterproofs) also a hat, gloves, sun screen, and wellies / shoes - that may get wet, all appropriate for the time of year |
| Lifejackets | We will provide Lifejackets - If you would like to wear your own Lifejacket, please ensure that its serviceability is in date |
| Refreshments | We are providing tea and coffee that you can make yourself. |
| Lunch | Please bring a lunch for the first day, there will be a navigation expedition on the second day where there is an opportunity to get a meal & drink |
| Parking | Is free |
| Course Fee | £325.00. Book and pay On-Line in pay point below. |
| Other Costs | No other costs for this course |
| Venue Location | Tec Rec Coaching. Southampton Dry Stack Boatyard. 146 Millbank Street. SO14 5QN. What Three Words. banks anyone enter |
Drive this RIB on Day One of our RYA
Intermediate Powerboat Course
This two day course follows on from the National Powerboat Level 2 Certificate.
We will be using two Powerboats during the course.
Day 1. A 12 seat Rib-X 7.5 metre RIB with a New Fly by Wire Mercury Verado 225hp engine.
Garmin Radar. Garmin 12 Inch and 7 inch Touchscreen Chartplotters with AIS Tranceiver.
"Really good teaching techniques. Excellent boats and facilities. Really enjoyed"
Paul Bryson. RYA Intermediate Powerboat course.
Drive this RIB on Day Two of our RYA
Intermediate Powerboat course.
Day 2. A 6 seat Ribquest RIB featuring Shock mitigation seats for the Instructor and all the course participants, Garmin 12 inch and 9 inch Touchscreen Chartlotters, Garmin Fantom Radar, Twin Suzuki 140 hp engines with Power Steering. Just what we need for the navigation expedition day!
We will develop your basic driving skills in more complex situations including an introduction to rough water boat handling - weather/tides permiting,
You’ll be introduced to basic navigation, passage planning and pilotage, as well as planning a day trip. Sessions will also be run on the use of compasses, Chartplotter work and VHF / SRC radio, personal safety and dealing with emergency situations such as engine failure, fire, and man overboard.
Learn about SOG, COG, BTW DTW, XTE and more.
Chartwork, Pilotage and Passage Planning
Build on your previous RYA Powerboat Level 2 course and improve your Navigation skills.
Using a mix of traditional navigation skills with Charts we will also be using Electonic Passage Planning skills using ipads to plan a route then transfer the route to the Touchscreen Chartplotters on the Powerboat using Garmin 'ActiveCaptain' Data Transfer.
"Excellent course, good teaching, added far more knowledge and achieved what I wanted. Thank you"
Derek Graham. RYA Intermediate Powerboat course.
Day 1.
Sessions in the Powerboat on the water to review/improve your boat handling skills.
Sessions in our Nav Room to look at Chartwork, Passage Planning, and Pilotage which covers Latitude and Longitude, the principles of GPS and Chart Plotters, Tidal Heights and Secondary Ports, Plotting Instruments and Course to Steer (CTS)
Also covering:- Tidal Heights, Standard Ports using a Tidal Curve, True and Magnetic Bearings, Tidal Diamonds and Tidal Streams, Buoyage, IRPCS, Distress, sources of Weather Forecasts, Bearing/Distance and more.
Produce a Passage Plan and put it into practice on the water. We show you how to work out if and when you can go over the Green Bits on the chart!
Use our ipads to put together a Waypoint Passage Plan then transfer the data to the Touchscreen Chartplotters on the Powerboat using Garmin 'ActiveCaptain' the ipad is then no longer needed.
Day 2.
We depart for a day of Navigation and Boat Handling practice.
The aim of the practical sessions on the water is to put into practice the theory detailed above and to complete a passage which includes developing skills in:-
Boat Preparation, clothing and equipment.
Boat Handling, waves, awareness of conditions, awareness of others, boat control, wind and tide, mooring up, use of kill cords, pilotage, passage planning use of traditional navigation and electronic navigation, man overboard procedures.
"Great course, very enjoyable, learnt a lot of stuff in spite of having been around boats for years - especially 'new practices & equipment'. Excellent boat to learn on. Many thanks" Dr. Andy Turnpenny. RYA Intermediate Powerboat course.
Hull types and Drive Systems on site!
Increase your knowledge of Powerboats whilst attending your course with Tec Rec Coaching at Southampton Dry Stack. Shallow V, Deep V, Cathedral Hull, Outboard, Inboard, Jet Drive, Stern Drive and more!
The RYA strongly recommend that candidates hold a First Aid certificate and a RYA VHF/SRC operators cetificate
If the dates below aren't suitable then please contact Tec Rec Coaching by phone Tel 07970 891377 or email, to discuss/arrange a date that is.
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If only 1 person books we run the course - YES!
The course fee includes:-
Powerboat Fuel, Certification and free use of our Musto Gore-Tex Offshore Waterproofs and Life Jacket etc.
If the dates below are not suitable then please contact Tec Rec Coaching by phone Tel 07970 891377 or email to discuss/arrange a suitable date.