RYA Powerboat Level 2

RYA Powerboat Level 2 skills covered

Launching and recovery

• Use of a trailer or launch trolley
• Consideration of launching and sea conditions, including hazards and obstructions
• Number of persons required to launch/recover
• Construction, width and condition of slipway
• Steep/slippery slipways, beach launching, lee shores
• Care of trailer bearings, hitch, lashings, ties, lights and winch
• Trailer parking
• Prepare the boat, lines, fenders, safety equipment, fuel tanks, lines and secure gear on board

Boat handling

• Loading: effect on handling and performance, effect on balance and trim, CE plate and manufacturer's reccommendation
• Displacement boats: handling ahead and astern, carrying way
• Crew members: minimum number in high speed craft, keeping a look out
• Awareness of other water users, including effect of wash
• Steering, controls, effect of current or tidal stream
• High speed manoeuvring: planning, trim tabs and power trim
• Planning boats: propeller angle and immersion, shallow drive, high/low speed handling, tiller/console steering
• Carry out pre-start checks, engine starting and stopping
• Demonstrate the use of an appropriate length kill cord at all times
• Carry out low speed manoeuvres including s-turns and u-yurns

Securing to a buoy

• Preparation of mooring warp
• Use of a boat hook
• Method of approach
• Crew communication
• Making fast
• Procedure when overshooting
• Approach and secure to a buoy

Anchoring

• Method of approach in various conditions
• Taking way off
• Crew communication
• Check holding
• Depth of water, holding ground, scope required
• Types of anchor
• Stowage and attachment to boat
• Preparation of anchor, chain and warp
• Weighing anchor
• Approach and anchor correctly
• Weigh anchor correctly

Leaving and coming alongside

• Preparation and use of painter, lines and fenders, attachment to boat, stowage underway
• Speed and angle of approach
• Wind affect
• Method of approach in tidal stream or current
• Make fast alongside
• Use springs
• Leave - ahead or astern

Man overboard

• Take immediate action
• Observe the man overboard
• Carry out the correct return with awareness of propeller
• Approach and recover the man in the water

Theory

• Types of craft: advantages and disadvantages of different hull forms with respect to sea keeping ability
• Engines and drives: advantages and disadvantages of outboard, inboard and outdrive units, single and twin screws, choice and use of fuels
• Siting of fuel tanks, fuel lines, batteries, wiring, fire extinguishers
• Routine engine maintenance checks, basic fault diagnosis
• Close down procedure
• Advice to inland drivers about coastal waters
• Use and limitations of GPS
• Application of local bylaws, especially around commercial shipping
• Sources of weather information
• Awareness of other water users
• Communication with other craft
• Disabled craft
• Emergency action - preventing sinking
• Adrift - alternative means of propulsion
• Towing and being towed
• Fire precautions and fire fighting
• Ropework
• Distress signals and the mayday call
• Apply IRPCS

Coastal

• Pilotage and passage planning
• Charts, chart symbols, buoyage systems
• Tides and tidal streams
• Use steering and hand bearing

Course Name	From date	To date	Price
Powerboat Level 2 10/14	11/09/2010	12/09/2010	£250
Powerboat Level 2 10/15	25/09/2010	26/09/2010	£250
Powerboat Level 2 10/16	12/10/2010	13/10/2010	£250
Powerboat Level 2 EMH	13/02/2011	14/02/2011	£250