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Powerboat Advanced Course

Aims to teach boat handling, seamanship, pilotage and navigation up to the standards required to drive a planing powerboat safely by day and night in tidal coastal waters, with which the candidate may be familiar, in more demanding conditions. Given the nature of these passages Advanced Powerboat courses should be delivered on powerboats of a minimum of 6 metres and an engine size sufficient to enable coastal passages at planing speed.

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Scheme Type

Powerboat

Advanced

Afloat

Required experience

Candidates should be competent to the level of the Intermediate Powerboat Certificate with a knowledge of the navigation and chartwork to the level of Coastal Skipper & Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased certificate.

Pre-requisites

It is strongly recommended that candidates hold a first aid certificate and a VHF operators certificate.

Minimum duration

2 days including at least 1 night navigation exercise

Minimum age

Content

Preparation for sea, boat handling, passage making and responsibility as skipper, pilotage, meteorology, rules of the road, use of engines, emergency situations, night cruising

Certificate issuing criteria

Able to plan and execute coastal trips and return to a familiar port by night

Format

The course predominantly takes place afloat however some elements, specifically navigation, are classroom based.

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