RYA Safety Boat

To provide dinghy instructors, windsurf instructors, club race officers, club coaches, club safety boat drivers, escort boat crews and lifeboat crews the skills required to assist, recover and tow small craft and their crews.

Course Structure

The two days are spent learning how to cope with various forms of disabled craft (windsurfers, kayaks, canoes, single handed dinghies, double handed dinghies, kite surfers, multi hulls, keelboats) and of course people. While some sessions are shorebased, considerable time is devoted to the windsurfer, single hander and double handed dinghy rescue. Also covered is mark laying, race management, towing, safety boat positioning, lee shore rescue, communications, fleet management and other related topics.

Useful Information

Pre Requisites:

Minimum age 16 (essential)

RYA Powerboat Level 2 (essential)

RYA First Aid (recommended)

RYA SRC (recommended)

What's Included:

2 days Instruction

Use of one of our safety boats and other resources

Fuel

Loan of a buoyancy aid

RYA Safety Boat Certificate

Free parking on site ( Subject to terms & conditions )

What's Not Included:

Wetsuit and spraytop (can be hired for £5 a day)

Lunch