BYC RYA Safety Boat Course

About the Event

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, 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, elements of race management and mark laying.

Assumed knowledge: Basic understanding of sailing boats and windsurfers. RYA Powerboat Level 2 certificate must be held prior to this course

Minimum age: 16

Ability after the course: Able to provide safety or support cover to a range of craft, particularly sailing or windsurfing

What to Bring

Notebook and pen

Your own lifejacket (not buoyancy aid)

A passport sized photograph of yourself

Change of clothes

Towels

Contact and Booking

Alice Armstrong

BYC Training Manager

+44(0)75 4619 8939

alice@ballyholme.com

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