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 Years Old
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
- Strongly recommended to have RYA First Aid certificate or equivalent
Instructor to Student ratio
1 Instructor to 6 Students
What to bring
- Sailing kit
- Old trainers/wellies/boots
- Lunch
Consider bringing
- Wetsuit/dry suit (candidates should be prepared to get wet)
- Raincoat/Waterproofs
- Sunglasses, Sun hat, Sunscreen, Water bottle
What we provide
- Waterproof trousers and coat (small range of sizes available)
- Wetsuit (small range of sizes available)
- Buoyancy Aid