RYA Advanced Powerboat and Exam

RYA Advanced Powerboat

The RYA Advanced Powerboat course aims to teach boat handling, seamanship, pilotage and navigation to the standard required to command a planing powerboat safely by day and night in tidal, coastal waters with which the candidate may or may not be familiar. To benefit from this course you should already be an experienced powerboat driver at the intermediate level and have commensurate experience. You should also have completed the Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Shorebased course or have equivalent knowledge. The course will test and extend your skills in boat handling and seamanship as well as in planning and executing short passages including night pilotage. It is primarily a hands-on practical course with most of the training conducted on the water aboard our Humber 7.5 metre RIB. Classroom sessions are included to check your professional knowledge of pilotage, navigation (including electronic navigation systems), passage planning, weather forecasts and IRPCS. You will be part of a crew of 3 students and one instructor. We provide all safety equipment and waterproof clothing if required and you do not need to bring any specialist clothing or kit.
The advanced course is ideal preparation for the Advanced Powerboat Exam.
Candidates who wish to take the exam for the Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competence should book this as a separate event that we would usually arrange immediately after the advanced course on Day 3.

Course Format:

2 Days Non Residential. Course Times 0930 to 1700 each day.

Equipment: Humber 7.5 metre RIB. Yamaha 200hp

Crew Number: Student/Instructor Ratio maximum 3:1

Minimum age: 17 years old

Assumed Knowledge or Experience:

Competent to Intermediate Powerboat

Knowledge to the level of Yachtmaster Theory is strongly recommended

VHF Operators Certificate (SRC) and First Aid certificates are recommended

RYA Radar course is recommended

Recommended Reading:

RYA Powerboat Scheme Syllabus and Logbook (G20)

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Great school, fantastic skippers, and easy to reach from London! Really can recommend the weekend courses if you are busy working.

-Leonard Wossnig
Friendly but highly professional sail training, both shore-based and practical. Fred and the team are now my "go-to" RYA trainers of choice. After all, if you learn to sail in the Medway and Thames Estuary, in British weather, in February and March, you can probably sail anywhere!

-Gareth Draper
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100% recommended, good people dedicated, learnt a lot from Paul my instructor and Fred the boss.

-Richard Collis
Absolutely amazing experience. I took part in 2 days Milebuilder. Well prepared. It’s a pleasure to learn from such experienced people like Steve who was a skipper. Highly recommend and hope to return soon.

-Piotr Kurzawa
I've just come back from my first weekend for competent Crew and wow what a great experience. I definitely think I’ve got the sailing bug now. I was nervous before I started the course due to never sailing before. Also, I thought I'd be meeting people completely different from myself, and I wouldn't gel I am covered in tattoos and talk like someone from the cast of Harry brown 😂but everyone was sooo cool and the skipper big Steve was a proper lad and a great teacher! Spoke to us through the whole process, and he also allowed us to make mistakes and build our confidence to get it right. 👌

-David Barrett