| Description |
The RYA Powerboat Level 1 course is designed specifically the small boat user. RYA Powerboat courses provide the knowledge required to operate a variety of boats, from a dory, (a yacht tender with a small outboard), to very high performance speedboats or RIBs powered by inboard or outboard engines.
The RYA Powerboat Level 1 course covers launch and recovery, preparation of boat (Equipment: lines, fenders, anchor and warp, bailer, fire extinguisher, engine spares and tools, pump, paddles and oars, compass, flares, torch, whistle, charts, first aid kit, fuel, tanks and lines, type, and re-fuelling procedures).
The Powerboat Level 1 course covers boat handling (pre-start checks; starting and stopping, including use of kill cord on outboard engines, steering, controls, windage, planing boats, propeller angle and immersion, use of shallow drive level, low speed handling ahead and astern), picking up and securing a mooring buoy, leaving and coming alongside. |
