Wild West Sailing

Speed, Boat-Handling, Night Nav, Coastal Passages...Learn precision, power, and confidence at speed

Advanced Powerboat Course - Hire a boat on holidays in Europe with this qualification

Turn speed into skill and rough water into your playground. Master tight manoeuvres, night runs, and real world challenges. Unlock opportunities for professional work, offshore passages and improve safety for crew and passengers. Feel in control when it counts and enjoy the freedom of larger boats with precision, power and confidence.

Previous Experience

This advanced course is best suited to those with strong boat handling and solid experience at the helm. A number of pre required certificates are needed. If you are unsure, contact Dave on 087 141 7564 or info@wildwestsailing.com to discuss.

Pre requisites:

• Good boat handling experience with plenty of time on the helm.
• Coastal Navigation for Small Boats

Skills You'll Learn!

• Boat Preparation
• Boat Handling; holding station, coming alongside at speed
• Rough weather skills
• Meteorology, forecasting system and tactics
• Navigation; at day and night using GPS, depth sounder, steering and hand bearing compass
• Passage Planning
• COL Regs (IRPCS)
• Lee shore landings, Safety & Search patterns
• Basic maintenance & troubleshooting
• Chart work and tidal theory
• GPS use (inc. Navionics/Orca)

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