RYA Powerboat Level 2

RYA Powerboat Level 2 offers a general introduction to power boating and teaches boat handling and safety skills. The 2 day practical RYA Powerboat Level 2 course is generally considered being the licence for powerboat drivers.

The qualification is widely recognised throughout the world.

Course content

Achieving confidence in close quarters boat handling in harbours is an important element of this course. In addition, we will teach you driving at planing speed and doing high-speed manoeuvres on open water. You will also practice man overboard recovery, and cover the collision regulations as they apply to powerboats.

This course is available as 2 consecutive days.

Amongst other you will learn

Preparation: launch and recovery, safety equipment, lines and fenders and fuel tanks.
Boat handling and manoeuvres: starting and stopping, use of kill cord, steering controls, securing to a buoy.
Boat handling and manoeuvres: effects of current or tide, high and low speed manoeuvring, propeller controls, securing to a buoy, anchoring, leaving and coming alongside and man overboard.
Theory and background: types of craft and engine, maintenance checks, IRPCS (International Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea), weather forecasts and emergency actions.

How to prepare yourself for this course

In order to get the most out of your course, we offer you the possibility to do our online pre-course knowledge quiz. The quiz helps you to test your knowledge and to assess whether you need more preparation in some areas.

Ability after the course

At the end of the course you should achieve a level of seamanship and boat handling up to the standard required to skipper a small powerboat safely by day in familiar tidal and non-tidal waters under normal conditions.

Supporting courses

We recommend attending the RYA Essential Navigation shorebased theory course before following the Powerboat Level 2 practical course.

Details of this course

Duration: This non-residential course is available as 2 consecutive days

Location from where this course will be delivered:

Zeeland, the Netherlands

Previous experience: none required

Assumed knowledge: Your knowledge should be at the level of the RYA Essential navigation theory course or equivalent course.

Language: This course is provided in English.

Number of students: 3

Cost: 645 euro

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What's included

Tuition by one of our RYA instructors
C-MASTERS Pre-course knowledge quiz
Coffee / thee ashore
All mooring and fuel fees
Free parking at our premises
RYA Powerboat Level 2 personalised Certificate of Competence

Next steps

After successfully completing this course, we recommend to first extend your knowledge with our RYA shorebased navigation courses, in particular the RYA Day Skipper theory course, ideally combined with courses for obtaining your SRC, Sea Survival or First Aid certificate.

The RYA Powerboat Level 2 Certificate of Competence can be commercially endorsed for anyone with ambition to find work as a professional crew member.

After building up experience during daytime passage, it will be time to learn making longer passages both during day-time and night-time, by joining our RYA Powerboat Intermediate or Advanced course.