SECTION A: PRACTICAL
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1. Launching and recovery
Use of trailer or launching trolley
Consideration of launching and sea conditions, including hazards and obstructions
Number of persons required to launch/recover
Construction, width and condition of slipway
Steep/slippery slipways, beaching launching, lee shores
Care of trailer bearings, hitch, lashings, ties, lights, winch
Trailer parking
Preparation of boat, lines, fenders, safety equipment, fuel tanks and lines
Stowing and securing gear on board

2. Boat handling
Pre-start checks
Starting and stopping
Use of kill cords
Loading: effect on handling and performance, effect on balance and trim, manufacture’s recommendations
Crew members: minimum number in high-speed craft, keeping a look out
Awareness of other water users, including effect of wash
Steering, controls, effect of current or tidal stream
Low speed manoeuvring: turning in a confined area, effect of wind on bow, holding off, danger of flooding when going astern
High speed manoeuvring: planning, trim tabs and power trim
S-turns and U-turns
Planning boats: propeller angle and immersion, shallow drive, high/low speed handling, tiller/consol steering
Displacement boats: handling ahead and astern, carrying way

3. Securing to a buoy
Preparation of mooring warp Crew communication
Use of boat hook Making fast
Method of approach Procedure when overshooting

4. Anchoring
Types of anchor
Stowage and attachment to boat
Depth of water, holding ground, scope required
Preparation of anchor, chain and warp
Method of approach in various conditions
Taking way off
Crew communication
Checking holding
Weighing anchor

5. Leaving and coming alongside
Preparation and use of painter, lines and fenders, attachment to boat, stowage under way
Speed and angle of approach
Wind effect
Method of approach in tidal stream or current
Making fast alongside
Leaving – ahead or astern
Use of springs

6. Man overboard
Immediate action
Observation of man overboard
Correct return, awareness or propeller
Recovery of man overboard
Approach to man in water

SECTION B: SHOREBASED TEACHING
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Types of craft: advantages and disadvantages of different hull forms with respect to sea keeping ability
Engines and drives: advantages and disadvantages of outboard, inboard and outdrive units, power tilt and trim tabs, single and twin screws, choice and use of fuel
Sitting of fuel tanks, fuel lines, batteries, wiring, fire extinguishers
Routine engine maintenance checks, basic fault diagnosis
Safety equipment
Personal buoyancy
Awareness of other water users
Applications of IRPCS, Rules of the Road
Knowledge and application of local bylaws
Weather forecasts
Communication with other craft – hand and sound signals
Advice to inland drivers about coastal waters
Disable craft
Emergency action, preventing sinking
Adrift – alternative means of propulsion
Towing and being towed
Fire precautions and fire fighting
Distress signals
Rope work

SECTION C: COASTAL
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Practical application of Section A in coastal waters
Practical use of charts, understanding of chart symbols and buoyage systems
Practical understanding of tides and tidal streams, use of steering and hand bearing compass
Pilotage and passage planning
CG66 Small Craft Safety Scheme

SECTION D: DIRECT ASSESSMENT FOR EXPERIENCED POWERBOAT DRIVERS
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The candidate should have the equivalent of at least one full season’s powerboat handling experience.

The candidate must complete the practical exercise and satisfactorily answer questions on Section B

Candidates seeking assessment on coastal water will demonstrate knowledge and practical application of Section C

PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT OF ALL CANDIDATES FOR LEVEL 2
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The practical exercise detailed in the diagram shows the manoeuvres required to be demonstrated during the practical test. Candidates are expected to show that they understand the principles of each manoeuvre. Failure to successfully complete a manoeuvre at the first attempt will not necessarily result in overall failure, but a timely awareness of the need to abort an exercise and try again is important.

* THIS COURSE CAN BE COMMERCIALLY ENDORSED WITH THE ADDITION OF A BASIC SEA SURVIVAL COURSE AND A PERSONAL MEDICAL

Course last for 2 days during which student will learn launching, mooring, anchoring and recovery plus boat driving skills required fro basic competence in a powerboat. Candidates require no previous experience. (min age 12)