Coastal Navigation (Pre requisite) & Advanced Powerboat Course [Package]
Looking to take your boating skills to the next level but have not got the theory completed ?Look no further than the Irish Sailing Advanced Powerboat Course package at Atlantic Marine Training.
This course is designed for experienced powerboaters who are looking to take on more challenging conditions and gain the skills needed to achieve the commercial endorsement. Led by experienced instructors, you'll learn about advanced navigation techniques, night-time operations, and handling in heavy weather.
The course also covers more technical aspects of powerboat operation. With small class sizes and hands-on instruction, you'll get plenty of opportunities to practise your new skills and ask questions.
At the end of the course, you'll receive an Irish Sailing Advanced Powerboat certificate, which can be used to earn your commercial endorsement and can be a valuable addition to your resume or CV.
Whether you're looking to gain your commercial endorsement, explore new waters, or just become a more skilled and knowledgeable powerboater, the Irish Sailing Advanced Powerboat Course is the perfect way to take your boating skills to the next level. Sign up today and join the ranks of confident and capable powerboaters!
Weekend 1
Choose a weekend to complete the 2 day Coastal Navigation for Small boats Course ahead of your Advanced Powerboat, This is a bridge course and instructor led in a relaxed and fun setting over 2 days in the classroom, Learning all about chart work and passage and pilotage planning this course gives you the support and knowledge before you put it into practice on the advanced powerboat course.
Weekend 2
Advanced Powerboat
DAY 1- Day 1 consists of a passage plan by day with pre planning and students will then plan and manage a night passage that evening, Day 1 of the advanced powerboat is all Navigation which is supported by the Coastal Navigation Course for understanding and the same applies for the evening session.
Day 1
09.00am - 10.30am participants plan their passage plan
10.30am - 14.00pm session one afloat (Nav Run)
14.00pm - 15.00pm Debrief and Night Brief
15.00pm - Dinner and Pasage plan for night run
Circa dusk - Session 2 afloat (Night Run)
Day 2 - Day 2 is skills based and instructor led taking the participants further with advanced techniques and new skills not thought on the National Powerboat Course
Day 2
9am - 1pm session 1
1pm - 2pm lunch break
2pm - 5.30pm session 2
- Suitable Footwear
- suitable base layer clothing
- Parent/Guardian (to sign paperwork if under 18)
Recommended (not mandatory)
- Drinks
- Snacks
- Lunch (nearby shop also available)
- Money for dinner (local restaurants and shops available)
- Nearby accomodation
Be ready for Irish weather
- Suncream/ sunglasses
- Hat/gloves/snood
- Personal protective equipment
- Lifejacket
- Irish Sailing accredited "National Powerboat Certificate"
- A certificate capable of being commercially endorsed
Previous Knowledge:
National Powerboat Certificate and Coastal Navigation for Small Boats Certificate.
Minimum Age:
18 years old
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.