rya level 2 powerboat direct assessment

The candidate should have the equivalent of at least one full seasons powerboat handling experience.

The candidate must complete the practical exercise described below, and satisfactorily answer questions on the theory section.

Candidates seeking assessment on coastal waters will demonstrate a knowledge and practical application of the coastal section below. 

Students should have a knowledge of the below manoeuvres and be able to demonstrate then all to a basic level

• High and Low speed manouvers
• coming alongside a powerboat, turn using warps
• Man overboard exercise
• Securing to a mark
• Holding position
• Come alongside a jetty or pontoon
• Turn in a confined space

• Knowledge of local byelaws
• Insurance
• boat registration schemes

Understands

• Pilotage and passage planning
• charts, chart symbols, buoyage systems
• tides and tidal streams

• Can use steering and hand based compasses