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RYA Powerboat
level 1 & 2
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- Use of trailer or launching trolley.
- Consideration of launching and sea conditions including hazards and obstructions.
- Number of persons required to launch/recover.
- Construction, width and condition of slipway.
- Steeps / slippery slipways, beach launching, lee shores.
- Care of trailer bearings, hitch, lashings, ties, lights, winch.
- Trailer parking.
- Preparation of boat, lines, fenders, safety equipment, fuel tanks and lines.
- Stowing and securing gear on board.
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- Pre-start checks.
- Starting & stopping.
- Use of kill cords.
- Loading effect on handling and performance, effect on balance & trim.
- Manufacturers recommendation.
- Crew members minimum number in high-speed craft, keeping a lookout.
- Awareness of other water users, including effect of wash.
- Steering, controls, effect of current or tidal stream.
- Low speed manoeuvring turning in a confined area, effect of wind on bow, holding off, danger of flooding when going astern.
- High speed manoeuvring planning, trim tabs and power trim.
- S-turns and U-turns.
- Planing boats propeller angle and immersion, shallow drive, high/low speed handling, tiller / console steering.
- Displacement boats handling ahead and astern, carrying away.
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- Preparation of mooring warp.
- Use of boat hook.
- Method of approach.
- Crew communication.
- Making Fast.
- Procedure when overshooting.
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- Types of anchor.
- Stowage and attachment to the boat.
- Depth of water, holding ground, scope required.
- Preparation of anchor, chain & warp.
- Method of approach.
- Taking off away.
- Crew communication.
- Checking holding.
- Weighing anchor.
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- Preparation and use of painter, lines and fenders, attachment to boat, stowage under way.
- Speed and angle of approach.
- Wind effect.
- Method of approach in tidal stream or current.
- Making fast alongside.
- Use of springs.
- Leaving—ahead or astern.
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- Immediate action.
- Observation of man overboard.
- Correct return, awareness of propeller.
- Approach to man in water.
- Recovery of man.
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| SHOREBASED |
- Advantages and disadvantages of different hull forms with respect to sea keeping ability.
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- Advantages and disadvantages of outboard, inboard and outdrive units, power tilt and trim tabs, single and twin screws, choice and use of fuels.
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- Personal buoyancy.
- Awareness of other water users.
- Application of IRPCS, Rules of the Road.
- Knowledge and application of local bylaws.
- Weather Forecasts.
- Communication with other craft-hand and sound signals.
- Advice to inland drivers about coastal waters.
- Disabled craft.
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- Preventing sinking.
- Adrift—alternative means of propulsion.
- Towing and being towed.
- Fire precautions and fire fighting.
- Distress signals.
- Ropework.
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| COASTAL |
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- Practical application of 1 to 6 on costal waters.
- Practical use of charts, understanding of chart symbols and buoyage systems.
- Practical understanding of tides and tidal streams, use of steering and hand bearing compass.
- Pilotage and passage planning.
- CG66 Small Craft Safety Scheme.
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