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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

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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.

Advanced Powerboat (‘CoC’) Commercial Exam - Enquire

Thank you for your interest in this examination!

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 Advanced Powerboat Course - £375

Boatability advanced powerboat course.

Course Duration:

A maximum of 2 days with a 1 Night Navigation Exercise carried out on day one of the course 

Course Cost:

The RYA Powerboat Advanced Training course is £375 per person - Unlike some we will still run the course with only one student, hence we do not offer silly prices. 

Minimum Age:

Certification:, please note:.

• Under the RYA's guidelines the Advanced course can only be run over 2 days, it is not permitted to be a 3 or 4 day course! 
• If you are training with the intention of taking the RYA Powerboat Advanced Assessment for commercial endorsement, then we can offer familiarisation training with the assessment area and the topics that will be covered by the assessor independently of the course. 
• We strongly recommended that you do not jump straight into taking the commercial assessment on completion of the Advanced course, in case any weak areas are highlighted during the training; which could be a waste of your money! 
• To date all our students who have attended a commercial assessment have passed! 
• We provide the boat(s), fuel, all safety equipment as well as warm waterproof clothing as part of our course, there are no hidden charges! 
• There is free parking on site and we provide tea and coffee. This is not a residential course but there is plenty of accommodation nearby if required. 

Course Topics Practical

Preparation for sea:.

• Prepare the boat 
• Carry out relevant engine checks 
• Ensure equipment/gear is stowed and secure 
• Can carry out pilotage plans and pilotage for entry into or departure from harbour 
• Can use leading and clearing lines, transits, back bearings and soundings as aids to pilotage 
• Can use GPS and understand its limitations in pilotage 
• Can Navigate using soundings 

Boat Handling:

• Has knowledge of the differences for a twin engine vessel 
• Understands the importance of boat control in waves and adequate seating to minimise possible injury 
• Understands the characteristics of various hull forms and propeller configurations 
• Understands what action if to be taken in rough weather 
• Can demonstrate a practical understanding and correct use of power trim and trim tabs (if fitted) 
• Can demonstrate an awareness of the effects of wind and tide when manoeuvring including: 
• Steering to transits and in buoyed channels 
• Turning in a confined space 
• Berthing in various conditions using the wind and tide 
• Picking up and leaving a mooring buoy 
• Demonstrate the use of an appropriate length kill cord at all times 
• Pick up a MOB in differing conditions 
• Understands the importance of pre-trip planning 
• Understands the Planning required for making a coastal passage, taking into account the relevant navigational hazards, type of boat and the strengths and limitations of the crew 
• Understands chart plotters and radar, their advantages and limitations 
• Can organise the navigation, safety and welfare of the crew during a powerboat passage 
• Can navigate at higher speed using a range of techniques, for example the 6 minute rule 
• Can use electronic navigation equipment for planning and undertaking a passage, including the use of way-points, routes, XTE, SOG, COG, BTW and DTW 

Course Topics - Theory

Meteorology:

• Understands the terms used in shipping forecasts, including the Beaufort Scale and the significance of it to a small craft 
• Understands the sources of forecast information and interpretation of forecasts including synoptic charts 
• Understands the significance of meteorological trends 
• Can interpret a synoptic chart 
• Can use and interpret forecasts to make decisions about passages 

Rules of the Road (IRPCS):

• Can apply IRPCS at sea

Use of Engines:

• Knows how to change a propeller 
• Has knowledge of propeller diameter and pitch 
• Has knowledge of Ventilation and Cavitation 
• Understands the checks to be made before starting, during running and after stopping for diesel and petrol engines 
• Understands the importance of periodic checks on engines and electrical systems including spark plugs, water filters and pump impellers, transmission belts and what spares we need to carry

Emergency Situations - Students Understand:

• Correct action to take in emergency situations 
• Fire prevention and fighting 
• Hull damage and watertight integrity 
• What to do in a medical emergency 
• Towing or being towed 
• Helicopter rescue procedures 
• How to issue a distress by all available means 
• Search Patterns 
• The danger of cold shock and immersion hypothermia 

Night Cruising:

• Can take charge of a powerboat at night, including leaving and entering harbour 
• Demonstrate the ability of keeping a proper look-out and identifying lit and unlit positions by night 

What to Expect on the Boatability Advanced Powerboat Course 

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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.

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RYA Powerboat Advanced

Who is the rya powerboat advanced  course for.

So, you want to go fast, travel at night, handle waves and integrate your boating with the digital world? The RYA Advanced Powerboat course covers all this and a whole lot more. If you think it’s time you took your boat further afield or out in more challenging conditions, then this intensive and fun two days should help bring you up to scratch. Advanced students are a mix of leisure and commercial powerboat skippers.

HOW LONG DOES THE RYA POWERBOAT ADVANCED  COURSE TAKE?

2 days, including a night navigation, planing speed exercise on the first evening.

DAY 1 HOURS

• Day 1 Start Time- 0915
• Day 1 Finish Time- 3 to 4 hours after dusk (2000 in December, much later in June)

DAY 2 HOURS

• Winter – 0915 to 1600
• Summer – A shorter day as we will have covered more of the syllabus the preceding day

 RYA POWERBOAT ADVANCED COURSE ESSENTIAL PRE REQUISITES:

• RYA Powerboat Level 2
• RYA Intermediate Powerboat  (or equivalent experience)
• Navigation knowledge up to RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased
• RYA First Aid   or STCW Elementary First Aid
• RYA SRC  or higher level GMDSS cert

COURSE CONTENT

The course embraces the use of digital resources for passage plan and safe navigation. It also includes advanced boat handling, planing-speed navigation, night pilotage, rough weather handling, search patterns and emergency actions.

WHAT RATIO IS THE RYA POWERBOAT ADVANCED COURSE TAUGHT TO?

There is a maximum of three students per boat and per instructor.

• Two days and a night of instruction
• Use of our RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat)
• All fuel and consumables
• Loan of a life jacket (fitted with light)
• RYA Advanced Powerboat Certificate
• Free (on street) parking
• Tea & Coffee

NOT INCLUDED

• Wet weather gear (can be hired for £5 a day)

CAN I ADD A COMMERCIAL ENDORSEMENT TO THE RYA POWERBOAT ADVANCED CERTIFICATE?

If your Advanced certificate was issued before 1 January 2005 it can be commercially endorsed as a certificate of competence. If however your Advanced certificate is dated on or after this date you need to progress onto the RYA/MCA Advanced Powerboat Certificate of competence which can be commercially endorsed .

The commercial endorsement will allow you to operate commercially operated powered craft up to 24m, (assuming relevant experience) up to 20 miles from a safe haven by day and night with no weather or seasonal restrictions.

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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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RYA Advanced Powerboat Course in Southampton: Course Summary

• Course Duration:  2 days
• Course Cost:  From £350pp
• Course Location:  Saxon Wharf Marina, Southampton, SO14 5QF
• Previous Experienced Required: Yes
• Minimum Age Requirement: 17 years old
• What The Course Includes:  RIB fuel costs, loan of Gore-Tex waterproofs, RYA Advanced Power Boat Course certificate, parking and more.
• What You Will Learn: GPS navigation, improved boat handling skills, high-speed navigation, night navigation, rough weather handling, and more.

Located in the heart of Southampton, this 2-day advanced powerboat course is perfect for those located in Hampshire, on the South Coast, or even based in London. It is designed to take already competent powerboaters to the next level.

Recognised as being among the most highly commended power boat courses in the UK, the RYA powerboat courses practice techniques, manoeuvres, and best practices to keep you safe.

The RYA Advanced Powerboat Course is perfect for anyone who wants to develop their skills to a level whereby they can confidently venture further afield or deal with different or adverse conditions by day and night.

We run a midweek course every month with a maximum ratio of students per instructor of 3:1. We can also run weekend courses when demand exceeds our scheduled courses. Please call us if you need to attend on the weekend.

Courses run from 0930 until late on the first day and from 0930 to 1600 on the second day.

With a curated list of recommended accommodations to suit all tastes and budgets, the Ocean Sports Tuition team is more than happy to find you a place to stay for the duration of your visit. For more information about where we are located, call  02381 242159  or email  [email protected] .

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

To take part in this course, the following qualifications are required:

• Successful completion of the RYA Powerboat Level 2 Course
• Successful completion of the RYA Intermediate Powerboat Level 3 Course
• Knowledge of navigation - Coastal Skipper/RYA Yachtmaster Theory
• RYA First Aid Certificate
• VHF Radio Certificate – RYA SRC

Due to the fact this is an advanced course compared to others, we have set a minimum age for students on the Advanced Powerboat course of 17 years old.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

The RYA Advanced Powerboat Southampton course includes GPS navigation, improved boat handling skills, high-speed navigation, night navigation, rough weather handling, and sector searches, as well as a refresher on all other aspects of power boating.

OUTLINE COURSE CONTENT

For further information on the topics covered, take a look at the  RYA Advanced Powerboat syllabus .

WHAT DOES THE COURSE COST?

This course is £350.00 per person (plus VAT) for two days of training with a qualified RYA instructor. Due to the size of our RIBs, all -courses take place in small groups, with a maximum group size of 3. Alternatively, to ensure that you get the maximum amount of time to practice and learn, we can run this course on a one to one basis at a cost of £954 plus VAT.

Additionally, if you have your own powerboat that you would like to use for the course, we also run own boat tuition. For more information or to check that your own boat is suitable for the Advanced Powerboat course, speak to a member of our team today.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE COST?

• Mooring fees
• Loan of Gore-Tex waterproofs
• Use of our modern MCA inspected 6.8 metre Rib (Ribcraft)
• Rib fuel costs
• Expert tuition from your RYA MCA Advanced Powerboat Instructor
• RYA Advanced Powerboat course completion certificate
• On site parking available 
• Free refreshments including tea and coffee

Our highly experienced RYA instructors will guide you through our RYA Advanced Powerboat course, delivering high impact, high quality teaching either in a small group or on an individual basis.

When you book onto this two-day course with Ocean Sports Tuition, we will ensure that you are provided with all of the relevant equipment to give you the best experience possible.

NEXT STEPS AFTER ADVANCED POWERBOAT COURSE

If you are looking to expand your RYA Powerboat qualifications after completing your Advanced Powerboat certificate, you may wish to further your experience with the following RYA powerboat courses:

• RYA / MCA Advanced Powerboat Prep & Exam
• RYA Powerboat Instructor Course

On completion of the RYA Advanced Powerboat Course, students can sit the  RYA MCA Advanced Powerboat exam (certificate of competence) . If you wish to gain work within the marine industry, skippering commercial vessels, your RYA Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competence can be commercially endorsed.

For information about holding a commercial endorsement on your RYA certification, including medical fitness and the commercial endorsement application form, visit the  RYA website .

OWN BOAT TUITION

We can also deliver the RYA Advanced Powerboat course with an RYA instructor on your own boat. For further information, please contact us on 02381 242159 or email [email protected] .

Book Your Advanced Powerboat Course Here

Book online below, or call on 023 81 242159 .

If there are no courses listed below, please email us to enquire about availability:  [email protected].

RYA commercially endorsed qualifications can open the door to a career in the marine industry. For information about holding a commercial endorsement on your RYA certification, including medical fitness and the commercial endorsement application form, visit the RYA website .

Yes. If you would like to take the exam, we also run an RYA MCA Advanced Powerboat preparation and exam course .

In order to take the certificate of competency exam, the RYA recommends that candidates have the following experience: 30 days at sea, 2 days as skipper, 800 miles, and 12 night hours. However, if you have attended our two-day RYA Advanced Powerboat Course this is reduced to 20 days and 400 miles.

The advanced powerboat limitations can be found here on the RYA website .

Yes. If you are looking for an advanced powerboat course in London, Ocean Sports Tuition is a great choice. Just an hour from London by train or car, our advanced powerboat courses on the Solent are easily accessible.

Wondering what topics we cover in the RYA Advanced Powerboat in Southampton course? The full advanced powerboat syllabus can be downloaded below:

RYA Advanced Powerboat syllabus

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Advanced Powerboat Syllabus

Aim: To teach boat handling, seamanship, pilotage and navigation up to the standards required to drive a planing powerboat safely by day and night in tidal coastal waters with which the candidate may be familiar.

• Practical Prepare the powerboat Carry our fuel and engine checks Stow and secure gear Differences for a twin engine vessel Characteristics of various hull forms and propeller configurations Action to be taken in rough weather Demonstrate a practical understanding and correct use of power trim and trim tabs Demonstrate an awareness of the effects of wind and tide when manoeuvring, including: Steering in transits and in buoyed channels Turning in a confined space Berthing in various conditions of wind and tide Picking up and leaving a mooring buoy Demonstrate the use of an appropriate length of kill cord at all times The importance of pre-trip planning Planning and making coastal passages, taking into account the relevant navigational hazards, the type of boat and the strengths of the crew Chart plotters and radar, their advantages and limitations Organise the navigation, safety and welfare of the crew during a powerboat passage Navigate at higher speed using time / distance Use electronic navigational equipment for planning and undertaking a passage, including the use of waypoints, routes and XTE, SOG, COG, BTW, DTW Carry out pilotage plans and pilotage entry into or departure from harbour Use leading and clearing lines, transits, back bearings and soundings as aids to pilotage Use GPS and understands it limitations in pilotage Navigate using soundings Terms used in shipping forecasts, inclusing the Beaufort Scale, and their significance to small craft Sources of forecast information and interpretation of forecasts including synoptic charts The significance of meteorological trends Can interpret a synoptic chart Apply the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea How to change a propeller Propeller diameter and pitch Propeller ventilation and cavitation Checks to be made before starting, during running, amd afetr stopping for diesel and petrol engines Periodic checks on engines and electrical systems including spark plugs, water filters and pump impellers How to bleed the fuel system (diesel), change filters and pump impellers Transmission belts Spares to be carried Correct action to take in emergency situations Fire prevention and fighting Hull damage / watertight integrity What to do in a medical emergency Towing and being towed Helicopter rescue procedures Use of flares Search patterns Pick up a man overboard in all available conditions Take charge of a powerboat at night, including leaving and entering harbour Demonstrate ability at keeping a proper lookout and identifying lit and unlit marks by night

Advanced Powerboat 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 impellers
• Boat handling Hull forms and their handling characteristics, propeller confirgurations 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 Anchoring 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, inclusing compasses, logs, echo sounders, radio navigation aids and chart work instruments Passage planning and navigational tactics Importance of pre-plannig 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 incuding 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.
• Safety 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 Life rafts

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