RYA Powerboat Level 2
- Details
- Category: RYA Powerboat Courses
This two-day course provides the skills and background knowledge needed to drive a powerboat and is the basis of the International Certificate of Competence.
It includes close quarters handling, high speed manoeuvres, man overboard recovery and collision regulations. The course can be taken inland or on the coast and your certificate will be endorsed accordingly.
| Assumed knowledge | None. May be preceded by Level 1 |
| Minimum duration | 2 days |
| Minimum age | 12. Candidates under the age of 16 will be issued with an endorsed certificate |
Course content |
Launching and recovery, boat handling, securing to a buoy, anchoring, leaving and coming alongside, man overboard |
| Ability after the course | Self-sufficient powerboater in the right conditions, aware of own limitations and those of craft |