Powerboat Level 2 - National Powerboat Certificate

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RYA Level 2 Powerboat Course

1. RYA Powerboat

• Level 2 Course
• Duration: 2 days

2. Shorebased

• Lectures
• ►
•  Types of Craft  VHF Procedures
•  Engines & Drives  Position Fixing
•  Ancillary and Safety  Tides/Tidal Streams
• Equipment  Passage Planning
•  Rules of the Road  Pilotage
•  IALA Buoyage  CG66 Small Craft
•  Weather Safety Scheme
•  Chartwork

3. Practical

• Sessions
•  Launch & Recovery (where possible)
•  Boat Handling
•  Securing to a buoy
•  Anchoring
•  Leaving & coming alongside
•  Man Overboard Procedures

4. Types of Craft

• ► Displacement Craft
•  Max Hull speed
• governed by length
•  Good directional
• stability
•  Rugged Construction
• ► Engines & Drives
•  Inboard

5. Types of Craft (cont)

• ► ‘V’ shaped Hulls
•  Low initial stability at rest
•  Good directional stability
• at speed
•  Buoyancy must be built in
•  Deep ‘V’ soft ride @ speed
•  Shallow ‘V’ hard ride @
• speed.
• ► Engines & drives
•  Outboard
•  Inboard with Outdrive

6. Types of Craft (cont)

• ► Dories & Cathedral
• Hulls
•  Good directional stability
• at low speed
•  Good Load carrying
• capacity
•  High stability, even at
• rest
•  Buoyancy built in
• between skins
•  Uncomfortable at high
• speed in waves
• ► Engine & Drives
•  Outboard
•  Inboard/Outdrive

7. Types of Craft (cont)

• ► Inflatables
•  Portable
•  High Stability
•  Very high Buoyancy
•  High Load capacity
•  Wind affected
•  Low directional stability
•  Rough Wet ride @ speed
•  Soft Contact
•  Relatively short lived
• ► Engines & Drives
•  Outboard

8. Types of Craft (cont)

• ► Rigid Hull Inflatable
• (RIB)
•  Advantages of ‘V’ hull and
• Inflatables
•  Good directional stability
•  High Buoyancy/load capacity
•  Soft Contact
•  Exceptional seaworthiness in
• Bad weather
• ► Engine & Drives
•  Outboard
•  Inboard/Outdrive

9. Engines & Drives

• ► Inboard Engine
•  Permanent Installation
•  Shaft exposed below
• Hull
•  Permanent fuel tanks
• usually Diesel
•  Drives propeller via
• shaft
•  Separate rudders
•  Serviced in situ

10. Engines & Drives (cont)

• ► Outboard
•  Easily Accessible
•  Choice of shaft Length
•  Can be tilted for
• Beaching
•  Removable for servicing
•  Usually separate fuel
• tanks
•  Usually petrol (2 or 4
• stroke)
•  Engine acts as rudder
•  Propeller speed affects
• steering

11. Engines & Drives (cont)

• ► Outdrives
•  Combined
• characteristics of both
• previous drives
•  Usually reserved for
• High power units
•  Inboard engine at
• transom
•  Fixed fuel tanks
•  Outdrive leg with
• handling characteristics
• of outboard

12. Safety Afloat

• ► Vessel Safety ► Personal Safety
•  Engine Maintenance  Warm & Waterproof
• Checks
•  Pumps & Baling  Lifejackets
• Equipment  Buoyancy Aids
•  Basic Repair Toolkit  Crew Briefing
•  Firefighting Equipment
•  Man Overboard Procedure
•  Lines/Warps
•  Anchor  Shore based Contact
•  Pyrotechnics
•  Stowage
•  Knowledge of operating
• area

13. Ancillary and Safety Equipment

• ► Alternative propulsion
•  Paddles
•  Self-righting Equipment
•  Pyrotechnics
•  Fire Extinguisher
•  First aid kit
•  Spare Buoyancy aid/
• lifejacket

14. Rules of the Road

• IRPCS rules

15. IRPCS rules Sound Signals

16. IALA Buoyage

17. Initial Assessment

• Weather to Go?
• ► Main factors to consider:
•  Wind strength
•  Risk of Flash Flooding
•  Increased Currents
• ► To help you decide:
•  Look out the window!
•  Source a forecast
• ► Coastguard
• ► Radio
• ► Newspaper
• ► Television
•  Survey local conditions
• ► At launch site
• ► Area of operation

18. Initial Assessment

• Forc Knots Description Sea State
• e
• 0 0-1 Calm Mirror
• 1 1-3 Light Breeze Smooth
• 2 4-6 Light Breeze Calm
• 3 7-10 Gentle Breeze Few White Horses
• 4 11-16 Moderate Breeze Small Waves
• 5 17-21 Fresh Breeze Larger Waves
• 6 22-27 Strong Breeze Rough
• 7 28-33 Near Gale Very Rough
• 8 34-40 Gale High Seas
• 9 41-47 Strong Gale Severe Seas
• 10 48-55 Storm Very Severe
• 11 56-63 Violent Storm Extreme
• Conditions
• 12 64+ BeaufortHurricane
• Wind Extreme
• Scale Conditions

19. Initial Assessment

• Where to Launch?
• ► Beach:
•  Stay on hard standing
•  May have to carry
• equipment
• ► Slipway:
•  Ownership
•  Other users
•  Width
•  Angle
•  Condition of surface
•  Extension of slipway
• underwater.

20. Preparation

• ► Prior to approaching slip
• Remove:
•  Lightboard and cable
•  Prop Bag
•  Trailer Securing straps
• ► Attach & secure:
•  Engine
•  Mooring warps
•  Ancillary equipment
•  Fuel lines/cans
•  ‘Flash’ engine

21. Launch

•  Use of jockey wheel &
• handbrake
•  Use of line between
• trailer & vehicle.
•  Float boat off (don’t
• push)
•  Use of crew
•  Heavy gear loaded after
• launch
•  Trailer parking

22. Recovery

•  Re-assessment of
• conditions at slipway
•  Correctly position trailer
•  Correctly position boat
• on trailer.
•  Care in use of trailer
• winch
•  Move clear of slip
•  Secure boat to trailer
• using straps
•  Fit prop bag and light
• board.

23. Boat Handling Under way

• ► Awareness of
• Others
•  Effects of wash
•  Pollution

24. Boat Handling Under way

• ► Loading
•  Fore & aft trim
•  Balance
•  Manufacturers
• guidelines
•  Effect on performance &
• fuel consumption

25. Boat Handling Under way

• ► Planing craft
•  Always use kill cord!

26. Boat Handling Under way

• ► Slow Speed
• Manoeuvres

27. Boat Handling Under way

• ► Coming Alongside
•  Preparation
•  Fenders
•  Approach
•  Escape route
•  Communication
• with crew
•  Securing boat

28. Boat Handling Under way

• ► High Speed
• Manoeuvres
•  Crew safety &
• Comfort
•  Throttle control
•  Warn crew of
• Intentions
•  ‘S’ & ’U’ Turns Risk of
• Prop cavitation.
•  Emergency stops

29. Securing to a Buoy

• ► Making Fast
•  Preparation of lines
•  Slow Controlled Approach
•  Communicate with crew
•  Plan escape route
•  Pick up & secure to mooring
• (not Pick up Buoy!)
•  Use fairlead
•  Prevent chafe
• ► Departure
•  Prepare to return line
•  Ensure engines running well
•  Clear propeller

30. Anchoring

• ► Types of Anchor

31. Anchoring

• ► Preparation
•  Type of holding
•  Check depth
•  Estimate swinging
• room required for
• scope
•  Flake enough warp
• to reach bottom
•  Remove anchor
• from stowage

32. Anchoring

• ► Making fast
•  Stop boat before
• letting go
•  Lay out warp to
• estimated scope
•  Confirm holding
•  Check by transits
•  Warp through fairlead
• or roller to prevent
• chafe

33. Anchoring

• ► Departure
•  Engine running
•  Trip anchor to
• release if
• necessary.
•  Use of power to
• take the weight off
• anchor warp

34. Man Overboard

• ► Causes ► Advice to Man Overboard
•  Crew not secure before  Shout as you go
• moving off overboard
•  Striking a hazard  Inflate lifejacket
•  Travelling too fast  Keep calm!
•  Rough conditions  Check yourself over
•  Messing about  Don’t swim. Try and
•  Sea sickness stay at your original
• position of entry to the
• water

35. Man Overboard

• ► Procedure
•  Helmsman takes charge
•  Detail crew member to
• point constantly at MoB
•  Slow Down
•  Turn in a wide circle
•  Check wind/tide
• direction
•  Approach slowly from
• down wind/down tide
•  Brief crew
•  When contact is made
• switch off engine

36. Man Overboard

• ► To assist recovery of
• MoB consider:
•  Assisting aboard by
• crew.
•  Rope strop
•  Boarding ladder
•  Deflating a section of
• sponson, if necessary
•  Aftercare

37. Disabled Craft

• ► Boat Adrift
•  Toward safety or
• Danger?
•  Use Anchor if depth
• permits
•  Alternative propulsion
• – effective?
•  Control drift
•  Rectify engine fault
•  Self help before
• seeking help

38. Disabled Craft

• ► Boat Damage ► Grounding
•  Alter heel to bring  Prevention better than
• damage above cure
• waterline  Be aware of
• surroundings
•  Plug leaks
•  Reverse off
•  Bailing under way
•  Change trim, lighten
• boat
•  Use paddles to push off
•  Check for damage

39. Disabled Craft

• ► Towing:
•  Side tow if possible
•  Slow speed
•  Secure towline - use bridle
•  Agree signals between
• vessels
•  Problems manoeuvring in
• confined areas
•  Cast off tow if necessary
• ► Being Towed:
•  Use own line, agree terms
•  Secure towline, agree
• signals
•  Tilt engine & trim boat

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