RYA Advanced Powerboat

The Advanced powerboat course is a two day course aimed at the experienced powerboat driver and professional user. It is a challenging course and gives all students the opportunity to develop their skills, capabilities and knowledge in a variety of areas.

Course Structure

A key aspect of the course is the planning and execution of two passages, one by day and one by night. Equally, given that students are likely to be making longer passages in less favourable conditions, a key feature of the course is the development of the skipper’s capability to manage the crew and boat taking decisions in different challenging conditions.

Useful Information

Pre Course Experience: Candidates should be competent to the standard of the intermediate powerboat certificate.

Assumed knowledge: Navigation and chart work to the level of Day Skipper shore based certificate.

Course Content: Includes pilotage, navigation and boat handling techniques for planing boats on coastal waters by day and night.

Ability After Course: Able to plan and execute coastal trips including a return to a familiar port by night.

Minimum duration: 2 days including at least 1 night navigation exercise.

Minimum age: 17 years.