RYA Safety Boat Course

  • power boating

  • 2 days

  • Max 12 people

Become a safety boat driver.

Description

This two-day course provides the skills required when acting as an escort craft, safety boat or coach boat for a fleet of dinghies, windsurfers or canoes, or for racing or training activities. It includes rescue techniques and elements of race management and mark laying. Please bring your Power Boat Level 2 certificate with you for the course.


Requirements

  1. Should have a basic understanding of sailing boats and windsurfers.
  2. RYA Powerboat Level 2 certificate must be held prior to this course
  3. Must be aged 16+

What to bring

  1. Suitable clothing for getting wet.
  2. Dry clothes for afterwards.
  3. You may wear your own buoyancy aid if it meets the centre standards.
  4. Buoyancy aids provided
  5. Power Boat Level 2 Certificate


Itinerary

  1. Preparation,
  2. boat handling,
  3. dinghy rescue,
  4. windsurfer rescue,
  5. kayak or canoe rescue
  6. towing,
  7. end-of-day procedures,
  8. suitability of craft,
  9. local factors,
  10. rescuing other water users
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    HYDRO Abersoch

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    Abersoch , GB

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    This is a 2 day activity

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Upcoming availability

September

September 2025

October

October 2025

November

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