Power Boat Training

Powerboat training - 2024

Powerboat Handling (PB2) - 2 Days (Book Now)

PB2 Refresher Training (1 Day)

Annual refresher training for holders of Powerboat Level 2 (Powerboat Handling). This course is only available to Filey SC members and is offered free.

Requirements - Must hold Powerboat Level 2 (Powerboat Handling) certificate. Please bring photo/copy to event.

Min Age - 16

Duration - 1 days (9.30am to 3pm)

You must be :

• Confident in water and around water.
• Physically fit enough to take part in the activity.

Payment
The course costs £Free to FSC Members only.

Please be aware that the course insurance aims to protect you from claims by others whilst on the water. It would be your responsibility to arrange for any personal liability insurance you may require.

Booking is available now for members only by login to the website.

Safety Boat Course :

Offered free to club members who have completed PB2 refresher training.

Safety Boat Course. 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).

Requirements - Must hold Powerboat Level 2 (Powerboat Handling) certificate. Priority given to those completing PB2 refresher & instructors.

Min Age - 16

Duration - 2 days (9.00am to 5.00 pm)

You must be :

• Confident in water and around water.
• Physically fit enough to take part in the activity.

Payment
The course costs £Free FSC Members. (The course May be offered to non-members dependant on club demand at £180).

Please be aware that the course insurance aims to protect you from claims by others whilst on the water. It would be your responsibility to arrange for any personal liability insurance you may require.

Booking will be available for members by login to the website.

Powerboat Level 2 (Powerboat Handling) :

The Powerboat Level 2 (Powerboat Handling) course provides the skills and background knowledge needed by the competent powerboat driver at day in familiar waters.

Our coastal venue provides a great teaching environment. Expect much of the two days to be on water, with the course covering amongst other items; launching & recovery, low speed close quarters handling, man overboard recovery, an introduction to driving at planing speed, anchoring, picking-up a mooring, how to approach & leave a pontoon/jetty, collision regulations, charts, weather and tides.

The qualification also allows users to apply for International Certificate of Competence.

Trainees will spend roughly equal time helming boats fitted with steering wheel and traditional twist & go outbounds. The centre does not use displacement craft.

Requirements - None

Min Age - 16 at our venue

Duration - 2 days (9.15am to 5.00 pm)

You must be :

• Confident in water and around water.
• Physically fit enough to take part in the activity.

Payment
The course costs £250 Non-Members, £50 FSC Members. Includes £50 non-refundable booking fee

Please be aware that the course insurance aims to protect you from claims by others whilst on the water. It would be your responsibility to arrange for any personal liability insurance you may require.

Other useful information

Cancellations
Should you need to cancel your attendance please email as soon as possible so that your place can be offered to others. If it is possible to fill your place from waiting-lists, you will be offered a place on another course (subject to availability) and your payment moved to that course. Occasionally Filey Sailing Club itself may need to cancel a course, should this occur effort will be made to schedule new dates, should these not be acceptable a full refund will be given.

Bad Weather / Lost Days
Instructors will tend to work around any pockets of bad weather and there should be sufficient time within the 2 days to deliver the course successfully. In the unlikely event that a course loses multiple days for bad weather then Filey Sailing Club will make efforts to provide further sailing opportunity to complete the course.

Safety
Water sports can be hazardous by their nature and participants; parents or guardians must accept that there are some inherent risks regarding potential 'bumps' and 'scrapes' which happen during the thrills and spills of fast moving activities. Filey Sailing Club has a terrific safety record and continues to be inspected and approved by the RYA (Royal Yachting Association) as a recognised Training Centre. We teach to RYA recommendations and guidelines and we use qualified experienced volunteers.

Insurance

During the course you will be classed as a club member and will enjoy member to member insurance that aims to protect you, as a member, from any claims from other members for items such as boat damage. However, you may wish to take out your own personal liability insurance for any recourse in respect of cancellation, curtailment or accident

PARKING: There is ample parking within 200 metres of the club at Filey Brigg/ North Cliff Country Park (YO14 9ET).

Kit.
Students are advised to bring the following KIT:

• Normal Day clothes suitable for working in a greasy engine shed,
• Towel and shampoo for showering,
• Wet weather kit, either Wet suit or dry suit with suitable footwear and 2 x hats (woolly for cold and baseball for hot!), If you do not have a wet or dry suit sports clothes with full waterproofs will be OK but will get wet get into and out of the boat. Bring plenty of warm clothes.
• Sun cream, money, students are advised not to wear jewellery,
• Life jacket or buoyancy aid (the club has buoyancy aids if needed)

Meals: Students should bring a packed lunch. The club has a small kitchen where chocolates and crisps may be purchased.Hot drinks will be provided free of charge.

LITURATURE: The course provides RYA books. Students are advised to bring a note book and pen.

PHOTOGRAPHS: Can you please bring 2 x current passport size photographs.

WEATHER REPORT / TIDE TIMINGS: Students are requested to bring to the course, each day, a short resume of the weather forecast for the day and the times of high and low water in Filey Bay.

Please contact us with any questions contact form
email : fileysc@gmail.com

Last updated 19:42 on 18 January 2024