RYA Safety Boat
This two-day course provides the skills required when acting as an escort craft, safety boat or coach boat for a fleet of dinghies, windsurfers or canoes, or for racing or training activities.
Description
This two-day course provides the skills required when acting as an escort craft, safety boat or coach boat for a fleet of dinghies, windsurfers or canoes, or for racing or training activities. It includes rescue techniques and elements of race management and mark laying. It is strongly recommended that a member of the rescue crew should hold a first aid certificate (or should have experience of first aid).
Minimum Age
16
Course Content
- Preparation
- Boat handling
- Dinghy rescue
- Windsurfer rescue
- Kayak or canoe rescue (can be covered as theory)
- Towing, end-of-day procedures
- Safety
- Suitability of craft
- Local factors
- Communication
- Rescuing other water users
Prerequisites
- RYA Powerboat Level 2
- It is strongly recommended that a member of the rescue crew should hold a first aid certificate (or should have experience of first aid).
Instructor to Student ratio
1 Instructor : 6 Students