1. Start Powerboating RYA Powerboat Level 1
Stuart Scrimgeour
RYA Powerboat Trainer
NSPB Chief Powerboat Instructor

2. Introduction & Welcome Course Leader Instructor Staff Venue layout – Toilets & Changing Facilities Fire Procedure 1st Aid Provisions Course times Site Rules – Do’s & Don'ts Lake Layout & Hazards Actions in the event of an Emergency

3. Structure of the RYA Scheme
START POWERBOATING
Level 1
Further Options Instructor Advanced Instructor Powerboat Trainer PWC Instructor
NATIONAL POWERBOAT CERTIFICATE
Level 2
SAFETY BOAT COURSE
INTERMEDIATE COURSE
ADVANCED COURSE

4. Course Contents Practical Theory Launch and Recovery
Preparation of the Boat & Crew
Boat Handling Underway
Securing to a Buoy
Coming Alongside
Being Towed
Man Overboard
Hull and Engine Types

5. Clothing Preparation Considerations Possible Clothing Temperature
Location
Time afloat
Type of boat
Conditions
Wind and spray
Your health
Entering the water?
Fleece inner suit
Spray suits
Wet suit
Dry suit
Sailing jacket and trousers
Trainers / pumps / wet suit boots / wellingtons
Hat and gloves

6. Life Jacket or Buoyancy Aid?

7. Wind Awareness Sources of wind direction information Flags Burgee
Smoke
Back of the neck or face
Sails
Other boats
Ripples on the water

8. Time to go afloat