RYA National Power Boating Certificate ^{(2 days)}

Preparation

Launching & recovering, safety equipment, lines and fenders, fuel tanks

Boat handling techniques & manoeuvres

Effects of current or tide, high and low speed manoeuvring, propeller controls, securing to a buoy, anchoring, leaving & coming alongside, man overboard.

Theory & background

Types of craft and engine, maintenance checks, IRPCS, weather forecasts, emergency action.