Intermediate Powerboating Course
On this course your Senior Instructor will build on your skills thought from your national powerboat course starting with passage planning and pilotage plans building a plan and exploring all the considerations invloved in planning, Taking this plan afloat and putting it all into practice going further a field with in day light hours only.
Navigation fills most of the schedule on day 1 with some advanced helming techniques a long the way, Sunday is working locally exposing you to advanced skills that are not thought at National powerboat level and in doing so providing a higher level of technical knowledge on your skill set, Both days are instructor supported in a relaxed enviroment with our goal to support you with the confidence to take your friends and family further a field while exploring our beautiful coasts
Aim:
The aim of this course is to provide the recreational powerboater with the skills they need to plan and use their boat for general recreation use in fair weather conditions, during daylight hours and in waters with which they are familiar. It includes the typical skills they will need to enjoy longer coastal passages, family daytrips and activities such as swimming from the boat.
Previous experience / knowledge required
Participants must hold the Irish Sailing National Powerboat Certificate or an equivalent certificate. It is strongly recommended that participants hold a first aid certificate and the Short Range (SRC) VHF radio operator’s certificate.
Duration:
The Recreational Powerboat course must consist of a minimum of 14 hours contact time. However, the length of the course may be extended where it suits participants to take a more relaxed approach to the programme.
This course can be combined with the Coastal Navigation for Small Boats course, thus increasing it to 22 hours.
- Precision boat handling.
-Anchoring on a lee shore.
- Anchoring stern to a quay wall.
-Anchoring off a beach and getting safely ashore.
-Navigation and passage planning.
-Weather.
-Coastal knowledge.
- International Rules for the Prevention of Collision at Sea in all circumstances.
-Incedent managment and Medical emergencies.
-Care of boats and equipment incl changing a propellor.
Greystones Marina 18:00Hrs
Greystones Marina 09:00Hrs
Required
- Suitable Footwear
- Suitable base layer clothing
- Parent/Guardian (to sign paperwork if under 18)
Recommended (not mandatory)
- Drink
- Snack
- Lunch
Be ready for Irish weather
- Suncream/ sunglasses
- Hat/gloves/snood
- Personal protective equipment
- Lifejacket
- Irish Sailing accredited "Intermediate Powerboating Certificate"
- A personalised training experience with max 4 students to 1 instructor.
- Participants age 16 and above.
- National Powerboat Course.
- Coastal Navigation for small boats certificate.
Please note if you do not hold the coastal navigation for small boats certificate and you would like to attend this course contact our team today as mid week tuition may be an option based on availability.
We’re a small business, booking staff as our course bookings allow. Our course fees pay for insurance, regulatory compliance, rates, rents, fuel and all the typical outgoings a business such as ours encounters. As such, late cancellations can leave us with unviable courses. Our mantra has always been to make powerboating accessible, and the courses are priced as such to be as low cost as possible. We do not include a buffer in course fees for late notice cancellations. As such, our cancellation policy is as follows:
More than 2 weeks prior to course commencement date
The deposit tendered, 50% of course fees, is non-refundable. Any balance above 50% of course fees paid by the customer will be returned.
Cancellation within 2 weeks of course commencement date
The entire fee tendered is forfeited.
Non-attendance or leaving course early.
The entire fee tendered is forfeited.
Atlantic Marine Training reserves the right to cancel any booking at any time without prior notice where we believe on reasonable grounds that this is necessary due to unsuitable conditions. Cancelling a booking should not be confused with the need to reschedule a sailing lesson due to weather. Where a lesson is rescheduled, this does not count as a cancellation. Non-attendance at a course or leaving during a course will result in the entire fee tendered being forfeited.