RYA Training and ICC

(International Certificate of Compitance) Rya courses are available on Saturdays during the month of March, please call us for more details.

The RYA's Personal Watercraft course is designed for first time and experienced riders alike. Increasingly our certificate is required for launching in UK harbours, but is also needed if you want to use your PW abroad.

 

All new PWC's are sold with a voucher towards the cost of this course and, once passed, you are issued with a certificate of proficiency.

 

Most courses take place over one day. By taking your course at an RYA Recognised Training Centre you can expect to be taught by an experienced, qualified instructor on a suitable PW with a maximum of six trainees. Courses can be taken either on a centre's craft or your own.

 

 

The course teaches you how to use your PW safely, responsibly and with confidence, ensuring that you get the best out of your craft. It covers high and low speed riding skills, essential safety information, collision avoidance and orientation at sea.

 

Children aged between 12 and 16 can take the course. Their certificates will be endorsed to show that they must use PWC's only under the supervision of a responsible adult.

 

 

Introduction

• Layout of a PWC (Personal Water Craft), controls, propulsion and steering, fuel and oil, stowage compartments.
• Personal equipment, wetsuits, drysuits, personal buoyancy, head and eye protection.
• Checks on PWC prior to launch, essential safety information, local hazards.

 

• Launching from trailer, boarding and starting PWC, balance and trim controls.
• Control at speed and stopping distances.

 

• Control at speed and stopping distances

 

• Box exercise.

• Controlling PW.

• Recovery of a PW from the water.

Collision Avoidance (IRPCS)

International Regulations for Prevention of Collisions at Sea

• Rules of the road applied to PWC's
• Safe speed
• Priorities between different vessels
• Overtaking
• Crossing
• Approach rules
• Local rules, speed limits and prohibited areas
• Recognising potential collision situations taking correct avoiding action

 

• Towing a disabled PWC
• Knots, bowline and round turn and two half hitches
• Communication, VHF radio, mobile, flares, distress signal

 

• Slalom exercise.

Orientation at sea

• Charts
• Direction and distance
• Shallow and deep water
• Buoys, lateral and cardinal markers
• Make and plan a route, identifying buoy and marks.

   

Weather

• Sources of significance of weather forecasts
• Safety and emergency equipment.
• Courtesy to other water users and avoiding pollution.

Tides

• Tides, high and low water tidal streams.

  Overview of the course with questions

  The 1 full day course will be £150 per person, which includes a light lunch and refreshments. Jet Bike hire for the course only £70 per craft per day.

  Please note that you must bring a passport-sized photograph of yourself on the day.

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RYA Instructor