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RYA Advanced Powerboat (Day and Night)

Aimed at leisure and professional boaters with intermediate level skills, this course will equip you with the skills to undertake more adventurous coastal trips by both day and night.

About the course

This is an advanced level course for powerboat drivers who already have some intermediate level skills, knowledge and experience. To join this course you must:

• be competent to the standard of the RYA Intermediate Powerboat certificate
• have a thorough knowledge of navigation and chart work, to the level of Coastal Skipper/RYA Yachtmaster certificate
• be 12 or over (under-16s must have an adult on the course with them)
• complete the medical consent form

We also strongly recommended that you hold current first aid and VHF/SRC operator's certificates. 

After completing this course, you’ll be able to safely plan and execute coastal trips and return to a familiar port by night.

Advanced Powerboat courses are run on a maximum ratio of 1 instructor to 3 students.

What to bring with you

• warm clothing
• comfortable closed-toe shoes
• lunch and snacks
• water bottle
• sunscreen and sunglasses
• your powerboat logbook
• Coastal Skipper and RYA Yachtmaster theory certificate

What we provide

• boats (6.5 metre Gemini RIBS)
• life jackets
• waterproof jackets and trousers
• certificates

Dates and times

All courses are taught on a Saturday 9am to 10pm and Sunday from 9am to 4pm.

• 30 November and 1 December
• 22 and 23 February
• 22 and 23 March
• 12 and 13 April
• 4 and 5 October
• 1 and 2 November
• 15 and 16 November
• 13 and 14 December

Our courses are available to everyone, but Sport members are able to book at a discounted rate.  

Membership type

Southampton Sports Membership

Mayflower Member, Sports Pass or Non-Member

Booking a course

Book your course online

You can also:

• book by phone : +44 (0)23 8059 2119
• book by email : [email protected]
• book in person at Jubilee Sports Centre

Cancelling or rescheduling a course

You can cancel or reschedule a booking by contacting the Jubilee Sports Centre . Your options depend on how much notice you give us. Notice periods are based on the date of your booking, not on the start time.

Notice given

Refund options

7 days or more

Full refund or reschedule to another date

Between 48 hours and 7 days

Full refund if you present a doctor’s note stating why you can't complete your booking

Less than 48 hours

No refund available

When we might cancel your booking

We might need to cancel a booking if:

• the weather means we cannot safely run a course
• staff members are sick and their absence cannot be covered
• we cannot meet our minimum student-instructor ratio

If we need to cancel your booking, we’ll always try to give you at least 24 hours' notice. We’ll also offer to reschedule your booking.

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RYA Advanced Powerboat

Introduction

This course is not to be taken lightly.

The advanced powerboat course has been designed by the RYA for experienced leisure and professional skippers wanting to further their skills and abilities to undertake more adventurous trips. You will come away with the ability to handle small power vessels in adverse sea conditions, a refined use of chart plotters and radar, search patterns and emergency procedures (day and night). If you feel like pushing yourself and building on your skill base then this is definitely the course for you. However you must hold the pre-requisite skills listed below.

Course content

Preparation

• Passage planning
• Meteorology
• Skippers responsibilities

Boat handling and manoeuvres

• High Speed Boat Handling
• Advanced Manoeuvres
• Manoeuvres in rough weather
• Chart Plotting on Radar
• Pilotage by day and night
• Man overboard
• Use of Kill cord
• Emergency Situations
• Differences of Twin Engines
• Search Patterns

Pre course requirements:

• Age 17 or over;
• Minimum of RYA Powerboat Level 2 but better to have either RYA Intermediate or Tender Operator ;
• Knowledge of navigation and chartwork to the level of Coastal Skipper Shorebased Certificate;
• VHF/SRC licence;
• A valid Marine First Aid

There may be an extra fee for fuel costs.

Duration:  2 days + night passage

10:00 – 13:00, 14:00 – 17:00 + 4 hours at night.

This course runs several times a month on the following days:

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Advanced Powerboat Exam

About The Course

The RYA/MCA Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competence exam is a practical test of skippering ability by day and night in the type of craft applicable to the National Powerboat Scheme.

• Prepartion for Sea
• Boat Handling
• Awareness of the effects of wind and tide when manoeuvring
• Responsibilities of Skipper
• Passage making and Pilotage
• Meteorology
• Rules of the Road

Full details of the exam syllabus and requirements are shown in the RYA’s Powerboat Logbook (code G20) available from the RYA webshop.

Assumed Knowledge

• 30 days at sea, which may be reduced to 20 days at sea if an RYA Advanced Powerboat course completion certificate is held;
• 2 days as skipper;
• 800 miles, which may be reduced to 400 miles if an RYA Advanced Powerboat Course completion certificate is held;
• 12 night hours.
• Form of Exam:    Practical
• A GMDSS compliant Marine Radio Operator’s Certificate such as the RYA Short Range Certificate or higher.
• An RYA First Aid Certificate or another valid first aid certificate, as detailed on the RYA website .
• Advanced Powerboat course completion certificate ONLY IF claiming reduced sea time detailed above.
• Minimum Age :    17 at the time of the exam.

Before you book your exam please check that you:

• Can provide a boat (See Below)
• Have completed the required mileage and experience as skipper
• Hold a VHF Radio Operators License or Short Range Certificate
• Hold a valid first aid certificate
• Have read the syllabus in RYA publication G20
• Have read and comply with the pre-requisites above.

PPSA are able to deliver the RYA First Aid Certificate Course (MCA approved) and the VHF Short Range Certificate Course if required.  Please call for more details.  If you need your Certificate of Competence in order to work on board a commercial craft subject the MCA’s codes of practice, you will need to get it commercially endorsed

• 1 candidate: 4 to 5 hours.
• 2 candidates: 5 to 6 hours,
• 3 candidates: 6 to 7 hours.

On Completion

Course equipment.

Boats used for exams.  Candidates should be familiar with all the equipment on board the vessel, as they may be asked to use this during the examination.  You may use your own boat or a boat that you have chartered or borrowed. You will be responsible for ensuring the boat is seaworthy and suitable for the area in which the exam takes place and equipped as shown below. The vessel must be capable of a minimum of 12 knots, equipped with the following:

• Lights conforming with IRPCS
• VHF radio (may be portable)
• GPS (may be hand held) or plotter
• Depth sounder
• Anchor, chain and warp
• Basic tool kit and spares
• Heaving line
• Paddles or additional means of propulsion
• Flares: 2 hand held, 2 orange smoke
• Bilge pump or buckets/bailer
• First aid kit

Additionally if not on the boat, you will need to bring to the exam:

• Laminated or waterproof charts
• GPS set (may be hand held)
• Tide tables
• Pilotage information for the local area, eg pilot books, port information etc
• Plotting instruments.

Boat Charter Prices

PPSA manages a Coded Vessel suitable for exams which can be chartered for exams and comes fully equipped.  Prices are variable depending on the number of candidates per exam.  1 x candidate = £450, 2 x candidate = £300 pp, 3 x candidate = £210 pp

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Call Us .   Please note, the exams run at PPSA are normally run during the winter/autumn months when light levels allow a full evening availabilty.  Please give us a call to arrange dates for your exam when you and the examiner are available.  Pre-booking is essential.  Get in touch with the staff at [email protected] or on 01646 564660

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RYA Advanced Powerboat

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The RYA Advanced Powerboat is a 2 day (and 1 night) course that builds confidence and competency in boat handling, seamanship, pilotage, and navigation in more challenging conditions (day & night). An examination is required for candidates who wish to attain an Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competence (‘CoC’). A commercially endorsed CoC allows the individual to operate craft commercially up to 20 miles from a safe haven by day or night. It is a step-up license from the Power Boat Level II, suitable for deck crew looking to operate larger tenders, further distances with confidence and competence.

Course prerequisites / assumed knowledge.

• Competent handling to the standard of the Intermediate Powerboat Certificate
• Knowledge of navigation and chartwork to the level of Coastal Skipper
• First aid certificate (Elementary First Aid as part of STCW Basic Training meets the requirement) (a prerequisite for the exam)
• VHF SRC or higher certificate (a prerequisite for the exam)

Minimum Duration:

The course runs over a minimum of 2 days which must include at least 1-night navigation exercise.

Course Outline:

• Preparation for Sea
• Boat Handling
• Passage Making and Responsibility as Skipper
• Meteorology
• Rules of the Road
• Use of Engines
• Emergency Situations
• Night Cruising

Course Outcome:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to plan and execute coastal trips and return to a familiar port or superyacht by day and night.

Those who wish to obtain an Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competency must pass the Advanced Powerboat Examination

RYA Advanced Powerboat Exam (Practical)

Prerequisites:.

Seatime required: (If the below sea time requirement is met, and the student has the required knowledge, the exam can be taken without completing the Advanced Powerboat course. Completion of the course will reduce the sea time and experience requirement. Please view information on the RYA website or contact a training provider through the links at the bottom of this page for more details)

• 30 days at sea, which may be reduced to 20 days at sea if an RYA Advanced Powerboat course completion certificate is held;
• 2 days as skipper;
• 800 miles, which may be reduced to 400 miles if an RYA Advanced Powerboat Course completion certificate is held;
• 12 night hours.

Certification / qualifications required:

• A GMDSS-compliant Marine Radio Operator's Certificate such as the RYA Short Range Certificate or higher
• Valid first aid certificate (the STCW Elementary First Aid meets these requirements for yacht crew who have completed their basic training.

Exam duration:

• 4-7 hours depending on the number of candidates. COntact an exam facilitator to find out more information.

Commercially Endorsed Advanced Powerboat Coc (Certificate of Competence)

Provided the exam is passed and the prerequisites are met, this certificate can be commercially endorsed with allowing the crew members to drive commercial vessels up to 24m in length, subject to MCA’s codes of practice, the flag under which the vessel operates as well as the region. This makes the course a viable option for the crew members who need to drive large tenders but do not hold Yachtmaster certifications.

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RYA Advanced Powerboat Exam

Full details of the exam syllabus and requirements are shown in the RYA's Powerboat Logbook (code G20) available from the webshop.

Boats used for exams

You may use your own boat or a boat that you have chartered or borrowed. You will be responsible for ensuring the boat is seaworthy and suitable for the area in which the exam takes place and equipped as shown below.

The vessel must be capable of a minimum of 12 knots, equipped with the following:

• lights conforming with IRPCS
• VHF radio (may be portable)
• GPS (may be hand held) or plotter
• depth sounder
• anchor, chain and warp
• basic tool kit and spares
• heaving line
• paddles or additional means of propulsion
• flares: 2 hand held, 2 orange smoke
• bilge pump or buckets/bailer
• first aid kit

Additionally if not on the boat, you will need to bring to the exam:

• laminated or waterproof charts
• GPS set (may be hand held)
• tide tables
• pilotage information for the local area, eg pilot books, port information etc
• plotting instruments.
• Photographic ID card or document, such as a passport or driving licence

Advanced Powerboat exam pre-requisites

Before you book your exam please check that you:

• can provide a boat
• have completed the required mileage and experience as skipper
• hold a VHF Radio Operators License or Short Range Certificate
• hold a valid first aid certificate
• have read the syllabus in RYA publication G20
• have read and comply with the pre-requisites above.

Candidates should be familiar with all the equipment on board the vessel, as they may be asked to use this during the examination.

If you need your Certificate of Competence in order to work on board a commercial craft subject the MCA's codes of practice, you will need to get it commercially endorsed .

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Arranging your exam, commercial endorsements, exam payments service, mca manning requirements, professional qualifications.

RYA Advanced Powerboat CoC Prep Course & Exam

The RYA/MCA Advanced Powerboat exam is a practical test of skippering ability by day and night in the type of craft applicable to the National Powerboat Scheme  

  3 day course £3 9 5 (plus £208 exam fee payable to the RYA)

Given our commitment to keep prices as low as possible, in the current economic climate we reserve the right to cancel & reschedule any course which is not fully booked

Exam Syllabus

Preparation for sea

Preparation of vessel

Safety brief

Stowing and securing gear for coastal passages

Engine operations and routine checks, fuel systems, kill cord

Fuel system, bleeding, changing filters and impellers

Boat Handling

Hull forms and their handling characteristics, propeller configurations

Knowledge of action to be taken in rough weather

Significance of tidal stream on sea conditions

Steering and power control through waves

Understanding and correct use of power trim and tabs

Towing under open-sea conditions and in confined areas

Strategy up and downwind and in heavy weather

Awareness of the effects of wind and tide when manoeuvring, including:

Steering to transits and in bouyed channels

Turning in a confined space

All berthing and un-berthing

Picking up and leaving a mooring buoy 

Recovery of man overboard

Awareness of ground speed and ability to hold the boat on station

Responsibilities of Skipper

Skippering the vessel with effective crew communication

Preparing the vessel for sea and for adverse weather

Tactics for heavy weather and restricted visibility

Emergency and distress situations

Customs procedures

Courtesy to other water users

Passage making and Pilotage (your chart work and theory knowledge should include:)

Charts, navigational publications and sources of navigational information

Chart work, including position fixing and shaping course to allow for tide 

Tidal heights and depths

Buoyage and visual aids to navigation

Instruments, including compasses, logs, echo sounders, radio navigation aids and chartwork instruments

Passage planning and navigational tactics

Understanding the importance of pre-planning

Planing-speed navigation, pre-panning and execution

Use of eectronic navigation (GPS & Radar)

Pilotage techniques and plan for entry into or departure from harbour

Use of leading and clearing lines, transits and soundings as aids to pilotage 

Navigational records

Limits of navigational accuracy and margins of safety

Lee shore dangers

You should be able to enter and depart from a charted port by day or night. Your examiner will give you a pilotage exercise and ask you to explain your planning. You will need to be aware of the problems of collision avoidance and how to determine your position by night. 

5. Meteorology

You should be able to use weather and tidal information to predict likely sea conditions and make passage planning decisions.

Definition of terms including the Beaufort scale, and their significance to small craft 

Sources of weather forecasts

Weather systems and local weather effects

Interpretation of weather forecasts, barometric trends and visible phenomena 

Ability to make passage planning decisions based on forecast information

Rules of the Road

You should be able to apply the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. You should be able to identify vessels by day or night.

Candidates will be expected to know what safety equipment should be carried on board the vessel, based either on the recommendations on the RYA website or the Codes of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Vessels. In particular, candidates must know the responsibilities of a skipper in relation to: 

Fire Prevention and fighting

Hull damage/watertight integrity

Medical emergency

Towing and being towed

VHF emergency procedure

Explanation of helicopter rescue procedures

Use of flares

Man overboard - recover methods and associated hazards

Sector search 

Lifejackets

Pre-Requisites

Documented minimum sea time completed on a seagoing powerboat in the last 10 years:

30 days at sea, which may be reduced to 20 days at sea if an RYA Advanced Powerboat course completion certificate is held. 

2 days as skipper

800 miles, which may be reduced to 400 miles if an RYA Advanced Powerboat course completion certificate is held

12 night hours

Knowledge to the level of Yachtmaster Offshore Theory

A GMDSS compliant Marine Radio Operators Certificate such as the RYA Short Range Certificate or higher.

An RYA First Aid Certificate or STCW First Aid Certificate

Advanced Powerboat course completion card ONLY IF claiming reduced seatime detailed above

Photographic ID card or document, such as passport or driving license . 

What's Included

2 days instruction on Maverick, our Humber Ocean Pro 6.8 

1 Day hire of Maverick for the Advanced Exam

Use of lifejackets and wet weather gear

What To bring with you:

Any medication you need

Cash/Card for lunch and evening meals

Exam application form (if paid exam fee through RYA website )

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Advanced Powerboat (‘CoC’) Commercial Exam

Duration: 1 day

Time: From 10am plus the evening

Group Size: 3 per boat

Min Age: From 18

Price: See text

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Advanced Powerboat (‘CoC’) Commercial Exam - General

The RYA/MCA Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competence (‘CoC’) Examination is undertaken by those wishing to operate craft commercially up to 20 miles from a safe haven by day or night.

Exam Duration

This can only be a rough guide and a whole variety of factors affect how long each examination lasts. As a guide though – 1 candidate 4 – 5 hours, 2 candidates 5 – 6 hours, 3 Candidates 6 – 7 hours

Minimum seatime required

2 years relevant experience including night pilotage. (As a guide 30 days, 2 days as skipper, 800 miles, 12 night hours). If you hold an RYA Advanced Powerboat Course Completion Certificate the seatime is reduced to: 20 days, 2 days as skipper, 400 miles, 12 night hours. Your theory knowledge should be at the level of RYA Yachtmaster Theory.

Examiner – student ratio

3 students to 1 RYA/MCA Examiner and boat.

Minimum Age

What training and preparation should I undertake before taking the examination?

This will vary from person to person but it is easy to underestimate the level that you need to be at for the Advanced Examination. The common mistake to make is to assume that because you have taken the Advanced Powerboat Course that you are at the right level. The Advanced Powerboat Course is a really good work-up to the exam and certainly most people should undertake it. However by way of example the Advanced Course may introduce you to night navigation whereas the exam requires you to demonstrate a high degree of competence at night way above the level you would have been at if the Advanced Course was your first trip out at night. In short the advanced course introduces techniques and methods whilst the exam tests that using those techniques and methods is second nature to you. This will only be the case if you have invested plenty of time practicing the methods and actually put them into practice on real passages.

Make sure that ahead of the exam that you ensure that your theory is fully up to scratch (you need to be at the level of RYA Yachtmaster Theory) and put time in ensuring your close quarter boat handling is very good in any conditions. You should be able to put a RIB into almost any marina berth the examiner chooses either bow or stern first in any conditions. Practicing the various pilotage techniques you will use day and night to ensure you are totally happy with their use is of course essential.

Overall the key thing is to ensure that you have enough experience and time afloat as you need to evidence a high degree of competence and confidence to the examiner. The examiner has to judge whether to recommend that you are capable of being responsible for 12 passengers so he/she has to be sure that you have the necessary skills.

Why choose Powerboat Training UK for your RYA Advanced Powerboat Examination?

Our boats ~ with 7.8m fully coded Ribcrafts based in both Poole and Lymington we are able to provide first class boats for you to use on the examination. Each RIB is fully equipped with all relevant safety equipment and are fitted with Icom and Garmin electronics.

Our location and teaching facilities ~ Poole Harbour is a truly amazing location – so much so that the RNLI and the Royal Marines base their training operations here.

Likewise our base in Lymington at Aquasafe Powerboat School is at Lymington Yacht Haven which like Cobbs Quay is a large marina with a huge range of craft. Our classrooms are well resourced, clean and professional.

Both locations provide a first class venue for an examination and except in extreme conditions exams are rarely weather affected.

What is included in the examination fee and what else do I pay? The examination fee is set by the RYA each year and is available in our price list. It is payable to the RYA through the examiner on the day either by credit card or cheque.

You will also need to either provide your own boat or charter one of our RIBs.

If you charter on of our RIBs then this is at the rates detailed in our Course Prices – here

If you want to use your own craft you will need to provide a seaworthy vessel equipped with the following:

• Lights conforming with IRPCS
• VHF radio (may be portable)
• GPS (may be hand held) or Plotter
• Depth Sounder
• Anchor, Chain and Warp
• Basic tool kit and spares
• Heaving line
• Paddles or additional means of propulsion
• Flares – 2 hand held, 2 orange smoke
• Bilge pump or buckets / bailer
• First Aid Kit

Additionally if not on the boat you will need to bring to the exam:

• Laminated or waterproof charts
• A GPS set (may be hand held)
• Tide tables
• Pilotage information for the local area, eg pilot books, port information etc
• Plotting instruments

You must wear a 150 or 275 Newton lifejacket with a DoT(UK) approved lifejacket light.

Advanced Powerboat (‘CoC’) Commercial Exam - Syllabus

Syllabus for the Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competence Examination

Preparation for Sea

• Preparation of vessel
• Safety brief
• Stowing and securing gear for coastal passages
• Engine operations and routine checks, fuel systems, kill cord
• Fuel system, bleeding, changing filters and impellors

Boat handling

• Hull forms and their handling characteristics, propeller configurations.
• Knowledge of action to be taken in rough weather
• Significance of tidal stream on sea conditions
• Steering and power control through waves
• Understanding and correct use of power trim and tabs
• Towing, under open sea conditions and in confined areas
• Strategy up and downwind and in heavy weather

Awareness of the effects of wind and tide when manoeuvring, including

• Steering to transits and in buoyed channels
• Turning in a confined space
• All berthing and un-berthing
• Picking up and leaving a mooring buoy
• Recovery of man overboard
• Awareness of ground speed and ability to hold the boat on station

Responsibilities of skipper

• Can skipper the vessel with effective crew communication
• Preparing the vessel for sea and for adverse weather
• Tactics for heavy weather and restricted visibility
• Emergency and distress situations
• Customs procedures
• Courtesy to other water users

Passage making and Pilotage Your chart work and theory knowledge should include:

• Charts, navigational publications and sources of navigational information
• Chart work, including position fixing and shaping course to allow for tide
• Tidal heights and depths
• Buoyage and visual aids to navigation
• Instruments, including compasses, logs, echo sounders, radio navaids and chartwork instruments
• Passage planning and navigational tactics
• Importance of pre-planning High speed navigation, pre-planning and execution
• Use of electronic navigation (GPS & Radar)
• Pilotage techniques and plans for entry into or departure from harbour
• Use of leading and clearing lines, transits and soundings as aids to pilotage.
• Navigational records
• Limits of navigational accuracy and margins of safety
• Lee shore dangers

You should be able to enter and depart from a charted port by day or night. Your Examiner will give you a pilotage exercise and ask you to explain your planning. You will need to be aware of the problems of collision avoidance and how to determine your position by night.

Meteorology You should be able to use weather and tidal information to predict likely sea conditions and make passage planning decisions.

• Definition of terms including the Beaufort Scale, and their significance to small craft.
• Sources of weather forecasts
• Weather systems and local weather effects
• Interpretation of weather forecasts, barometric trends and visible phenomena
• Ability to make passage planning decisions based on forecast information

Rules of the Road

Application of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. You should have a working knowledge of IRPCS as well as an understanding of their application.

Candidates will be expected to know what safety equipment should be carried on board the vessel, based either on the recommendations in RYA booklet C8, or the Codes of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Vessels. In particular, candidates must know the responsibilities of a skipper in relation to:

• Fire prevention and fighting
• Safety briefs
• Hull damage/watertight integrity
• Medical emergency
• Towing and being towed
• VHF emergency procedures
• Explanation of helicopter rescue procedures
• Use of flares
• Man overboard
• Search patterns
• Lifejackets
• Awareness of risks to passengers and crew through shock and vibration caused by operating at speed
• Awareness of strategies to mitigate risk of injury caused by shock and vibration Candidates should be familiar with all the equipment on board the vessel, as they may be asked to use this during the examination.

Candidates should be familiar with all the equipment on board the vessel, as they may be asked to use this during the examination.

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Due to the entry requirements for the examination we always ask that we have a chat through the exam and your experience before we go ahead and agree dates with you and book you onto the examination. Obviously for most of the people that we book onto exams we are doing so alongside arranging other courses for them such as Yachtmaster Theory and the Advanced Powerboat Course.

Please either give us a call or fill in the form below and we will make contact with you. Alternatively you can email us at [email protected]

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RYA Powerboat Advanced

RYA Powerboat Advanced Syllabus

Preparation for sea.

• Preparation of vessel
• Safety brief
• Stowing and securing gear for coastal passages
• Engine operations and routine checks, fuel systems, kill-cord
• Fuel system, bleeding, changing filters and impellers

Boat handling

• Hull forms and their handling characteristics, propeller configurations
• Knowledge of action to be taken in rough weather
• Significance of tidal stream on sea conditions
• Steering and power control through waves
• Understanding and correct use of power trim and tabs
• Towing, under open sea conditions and in confined areas
• Strategy up and downwind and in heavy weather
• Awareness of the effects of wind and tide when manoeuvring, including:
• Steering to transits and in buoyed channels
• Turning in a confined space
• All berthing and un-berthing
• Picking up and leaving a mooring buoy
• Recovery of man overboard
• Awareness of ground speed and ability to hold the boat on station

Responsibilities

• Skippering the vessel with effective crew communication
• Preparing the vessel for sea and for adverse weather
• Tactics for heavy weather and restricted visibility
• Emergency and distress situations
• Customs procedures
• Courtesy to other water users

Passage making and pilotage

• Your chart work and theory knowledge should include:
• Charts, navigational publications and sources of navigational information
• Chart work, including position fixing and shaping course to allow for tide
• Tidal heights and depths
• Buoyage and visual aids to navigation
• Instruments, including compasses, logs, echo sounders, radio navigation aids and chart work instruments
• Passage planning and navigational tactics
• Importance of pre-planning
• High speed navigation, pre-planning and execute
• Use of electronic navigation (GPS & Radar)
• Pilotage techniques and plans for entry into or departure from harbour
• Use of leading and clearing lines, transits and soundings as aids to pilotage
• Navigational records
• Limits of navigational accuracy and margins of safety
• Lee shore dangers
• You should be able to enter and depart from a charted port by day or night. Your examiner will give you a pilotage exercise and ask you to explain your planning. You will need to be aware of the problems of collision avoidance and how to determine your position by night.

Meteorology

• You should be able to use weather and tidal information to predict likely sea conditions and make passage planning decisions.
• Definition of terms including Beaufort Scale, and their significance to small craft.
• Sources of weather forecasts
• Weather systems and local weather effects
• Interpretation of weather forecasts, barometric trends and visible phenomena
• Ability to make passage planning decisions based on forecast information

Rules of the road

• Application of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.
• You should be able to identify power and sailing vessels by night. Identification of types of ship by night is not required, but you will need a knowledge of the lights of tugs and trawlers.
• Candidates will be expected to know what safety equipment should be carried on board the vessel, based either on the recommendations in RYA booklet C8, or the Codes of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Vessels. In particular, candidates must know the responsibilities of a skipper in relation to:
• Fire prevention and fighting
• Hull damage / watertight integrity
• Medical emergency
• Towing and being towed
• VHF emergency procedures
• Explanation of helicopter rescue procedures
• Use of flares
• Man overboard
• Sector search
• Lifejackets

RYA Powerboat Advanced is aimed at more experienced leisure and professional boaters who would like to consolidate their experience by achieving a more demanding qualification on board a powerboat. ​Courses are held on our Highfield 6m RIBs, (new 2020 & 2021).

The course further develops your skippering techniques so that you can undertake more challenging trips by day and night in coastal waters. You will carry out advanced high speed manoeuvres such as lee shore handling, berthing in adverse conditions and search and rescue patterns. You will also learn about night time navigation, plan and undertake night time passages.

The RYA Powerboat Advanced qualification can be used commercially and it’s the required standard by many professional bodies such as the RNLI, Police and Military. To obtain your commercial endorsement you will need to complete an independent exam for the Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competence conducted by an MCA/RYA examiner.

What’s Included

You’ll be based at our well-equipped training facilities in Swanwick Marina and included in your course price is:

• RYA Advanced Powerboating handbook
• Refreshments (tea, coffee and water)  throughout the course
• All mooring fees
• All fuel costs
• Use of Urban Truant’s high quality wet weather gear and safety kit
• RYA certification for all successful students

Course Dates

Below are listed our available dates. If you cannot see dates that you require, please get in touch with us and we may be able to to arrange a more suitable date.

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RYA Advanced Powerboat 2

RYA Short-Range Certificate (SRC) VHF Radio

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RYA Advanced Powerboat Course

This advanced course is for the more experienced power boater and is the required standard by many professional bodies such as the RNLI, Police and Military. During the course you will carry out more advanced manoeuvres such as lee shore handling, helicopter rescue procedures, berthing in adverse conditions and search and rescue patterns. You will also learn more about high speed and night time navigation and put this into practice on a night time passage.

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU INTEND TO USE THIS QUALIFICATION COMMERCIALLY YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE AN INDEPENDANT EXAM AT THE END OF THE COURSE CONDUCTED BY AN MCA/RYA EXAMINER. THERE IS AN EXTRA FEE FOR THE BOAT AND EXAM FEE. IF SUCCESFULL YOU WILL NEED TO GET THIS CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE COMMERCIALLY ENDORSED.

Minimum Age:

17 (18 if doing MCA exam)

This course is run all year round

Please call us for latest availability. If you would like own boat tuition to complete this course please feel free to call us to discuss the options.

1200 until late on Day 1. 0900 until 1700 on Day 2. Click here for an example schedule of how you will spend the weekend

What's Included:

Wet weather gear and tea and coffee.

Support Courses:

• RYA First Aid
• RYA Coastal/Yachtmaster Theory
• RYA PPR Course

Duration: 2 days

Previous Experience Required: Knowledge to RYA Intermediate Powerboat level and a level of navigational knowledge to RYA Coastal/Yachtmaster Theory level. RYA First Aid certificate and SRC/VHF Radio Licence.

Course Overview: This course is designed to teach you seamanship, boat handling, pilotage and navigation to a level required to undertake coastal trips in tidal waters by day or night 

Click here to view full course syllabus

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MCA/RYA Advanced Powerboat COC Certificate of Competence

Advanced powerboat coc exam prep aims:.

The Advanced Powerboat COC Exam prep follows on from the RYA Powerboat Advanced Course.  for those who require the MCA / RYA Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competence. This Advanced Power exam also know as the Advanced Powerboat Commercial is intended for advanced drivers who wish to work commercially. It is broadly equivalent to the Yachtmaster Coastal Power Certificate of Competence Exam but examined in an open boat (such as an outboard driven RIB).

To give you the best chance of passing, we offer an intensive three day preparation course and exam. This will include two night exercises with our Instructor and a third one on the final night with your examiner. This course is often run back to back after the 2 day RYA Powerboat Advanced Course (similar named course).

ADVANCED POWERBOAT COC EXAM PREP DURATION:

This advanced powerboat commercial package spans three days. We need at least 4 to 5 hours of daylight and at least  3 to 4 hours of darkness each day so exact timings vary depending on the season. As an example, in December, Day 1 runs 1200 to 2100ish and June/July courses run 1400-0000ish. Day 2 is a longer day as you will complete a passage planning theory exercise in the morning as part of your exam preparation.

ADVANCED POWER COC EXAM PREP PRE REQUISITES:

• Minimum age 18 (essential)
• RYA First Aid  or STCW Elementary First Aid  or STCW Medical First Aid  (essentiall)
• RYA SRC, or higher GMDSS cert.  (essential)
• RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased  (other training centres may accept you onto their exam preparation course without this prior training but we are committed to you passing your Advanced exam so will not waste your or our time)
• RYA Advanced Powerboat Certificate (highly recommended)
• RYA Radar  (or equivalent knowledge)

The RYA and MCA state that Advanced Power CoC exam candidates must have the following minimum sea time, gained over at least two years.

• 30 days on board
• 2 days as skipper
• 12 night hours
• For holders of the two-day Advanced Course Completion Certificate , this sea time is reduced to 20 days and 400 miles. We generally run these two courses back to back.

The cold and harsh reality is, that unless candidates have gained the above sea-time over a very structured formal training programme, they will usually require more experience in order to successfully pass the exam. You will typically log 6-8 night hours over the two training evenings of this course.

ADVANCED POWERBOAT COC EXAM PREP COURSE CONTENT:

There are four component to the final exam

• Close quarter boat handling
• Theoretical passage planning
• Supporting knowledge (theory)
• Skippering the night exercise (night pilotage)

During the Advanced Powerboat commercial exam, candidates will be expected to demonstrate that they are competent skippers. The examiner can test candidates on any part of the Powerboat scheme (except the safety-boat course) and on any part of the RYA Day Skipper Shorebased and/or  RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased courses.

We will devote some of the advanced exam preparation course to each of the above four examined areas. However the two days preparation will be largely spent planning and carrying out the night exercise. The second morning will be devoted to your passage planning exercise.

It is important that candidate recognise this is an exam preparation course and they should arrive with knowledge and experience of most of the necassary skills and techniques. There is not time on this course to teach these skills from scratch, the exam preparation is an opportunity to polish and refine these skills with coaching from our Instructor before presenting yourself to an examiner on the final day. The exam syllabus is;

SYLLABUS FOR ADVANCED POWERBOAT EXAMINATION

1 preparation for sea.

• Preparation of vessel
• Safety brief
• Stowing and securing gear for coastal passages
• Engine operations and routine checks, fuel systems, kill cord
• Fuel system, bleeding, changing filters and impellors

2 BOAT HANDLING

• Hull forms and their handling characteristics, propeller configurations.
• Knowledge of action to be taken in rough weather
• Significance of tidal stream on sea conditions
• Steering and power control through waves
• Understanding and correct use of power trim and tabs
• Towing, under open sea conditions and in confined areas
• Strategy up and downwind and in heavy weather
• Awareness of the effects of wind and tide when manoeuvring, including
• Steering to transits and in buoyed channels
• Turning in a confined space
• All berthing and un-berthing
• Picking up and leaving a mooring buoy
• Recovery of man overboard
• Awareness of ground speed and ability to hold the boat on station

3 RESPONSIBILITIES OF SKIPPER

• Can skipper the vessel with effective crew communication
• Preparing the vessel for sea and for adverse weather
• Tactics for heavy weather and restricted visibility
• Emergency and distress situations
• Customs procedures
• Courtesy to other water users

4 PASSAGE MAKING AND PILOTAGE

Your chart work and theory knowledge should include:

• Charts, navigational publications and sources of navigational information
• Chart work, including position fixing and shaping course to allow for tide
• Tidal heights and depths
• Buoyage and visual aids to navigation
• Instruments, including compasses, logs, echo sounders, radio navaids and chartwork instruments
• Passage planning and navigational tactics
• Importance of pre-planning
• High speed navigation, pre-planning and execution
• Use of electronic navigation (GPS & Radar)
• Pilotage techniques and plans for entry into or departure from harbour
• Use of leading and clearing lines, transits and soundings as aids to pilotage.
• Navigational records
• Limits of navigational accuracy and margins of safety
• Lee shore dangers

You should be able to enter and depart a charted port by day or night. Your Examiner will give you a pilotage exercise and ask you to explain your planning. You will need to be aware of the problems of collision avoidance and how to determine your position by night.

5 METEOROLOGY

You should be able to use weather and tidal information to predict likely sea conditions and make passage planning decisions.

• Definition of terms including the Beaufort Scale, and their significance to small craft.
• Sources of weather forecasts
• Weather systems and local weather effects
• Interpretation of weather forecasts, barometric trends and visible phenomena
• Ability to make passage planning decisions based on forecast information

6 RULES OF THE ROAD

• Application of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.
• You should be able to identify vessels by day and night.

Candidates will be expected to know what safety equipment should be carried on board the vessel, based either on the recommendations in RYA booklet C8, or the Codes of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Vessels. In particular, candidates must know the responsibilities of a skipper in relation to:

• Fire prevention and fighting
• Hull damage/watertight integrity
• Medical emergency
• Towing and being towed
• VHF emergency procedures
• Explanation of helicopter rescue procedures
• Use of flares
• Man overboard
• Search patterns
• Lifejackets

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE ADVANCED POWERBOAT COC EXAM PREP?

• 2 days and 2 nights of instruction
• Use of one of our RIBs for the 3 days and nights
• Loan of a life jacket
• An examiner arranged for you
• Free on street parking
• Tea & Coffee

WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED IN THE ADVANCED POWERBOAT COC EXAM PREP?

• RYA Advanced Powerboat Exam Fee
• Wet weather gear (£5 per day to hire)

OPTIONAL EXTRAS:

In order to then commercially endorse this qualification, skippers will also need a RYA Sea Survival Certificate , a Seafarers Medical from a doctor and a  RYA PPR certificate. The RYA then charge you a commercial endorsement fee .

BOOKING THE ADVANCED POWERBOAT COC EXAM PREP

If the dates below do not suit please contact us as we may be able to arrange some dates around you.

IS THIS COURSE FOR ME?

This training course and exam is specifically aimed at the commercial sector (i.e. those wanting to drive powerboats for a living). The Advanced Power Exam will qualify you as skipper (master) of powerboats up to 24m in length, up to 20 nm from a safe haven and to carry up to 12 passengers. The Advanced CoC Commercial exam is popular across the industry from corporate entertainment RIB drivers, through wind farm transfer crew and onto parts of the offshore industry. It is a good stepping stone, on the way towards the Yachtmaster Offshore (Power) Certificate of Competence and probably the most appropriate MCA/RYA Certificate of Competence for skippers operating most RIBs.

WHY CHOOSE CHIEFTAIN TRAINING FOR THIS COURSE?

Our Senior management have been running preparation course for the Advanced Commercail COC since the day the exam was introduced in 2005. Our method is tested and proven and has set the industry standard which many other Instructors and training centres now try to follow.  We want you to pass the final exam so we will push you hard during your time with us. Our Instructors will give you 100%.

Once you have booked the course and exam with us you will need to complete an RYA Exam Application Form 

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RYA Powerboat Scheme Syllabus and Logbook

The RYA Powerboat Scheme meets the training needs of recreational and professional powerboat operators alike. Whether you are an amateur or use powerboats as part of your job, the RYA Powerboat Scheme will train you in all aspects of safe boat handling and navigation.

The RYA Powerboat Scheme Syllabus & Logbook details the structure and content of all courses from beginner to advance within the RYA Powerboat Scheme. There is also a logbook section which enables you to keep a record of your personal powerboating achievements plus information relating to all relevant shorebased courses.

'It details the requirements of every level of the course, thereby helping one to plan the tuition route from beginner to the advanced stages. So you’ll know what to expect at each stage, and thus be better prepared for it …' – Sailing for Southern Africa , February 2014.

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