The 7 Steps That Will Take You From Deckhand To Skipper
Power Boat Training
by Noel Hutchinson
3y ago
The 7 Steps That Will Take You From Deckhand To Skipper The RYA Powerboat scheme goes way beyond the Powerboat Level 2 course. If you see it through, in a short time you will be qualified as an RYA / MCA Advanced Powerboat skipper and able to captain yachts up to 24 metres in length, up to 20 miles from a safe haven.  It’s a little known fact within the yachting industry that this accelerated career path is available to you. The money you can earn and the job roles that become available to you make the RYA / MCA Advanced CoC a no brainer for professional mariners looking to further their ..read more
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Compass Variation and Deviation – how to calculate them
Power Boat Training
by Noel Hutchinson
3y ago
This article will explain compass variation and deviation. There is an explanation of the full process plus some handy tools to help you remember what to do. Let’s look at variation first. As always there is a fee cheat sheet to download and keep. There is also a more in depth walk through on the YouTube video at the end of the article. Compass Variation True North is at the centre of the north pole This is a fixed point at the top of the planet. The majority of our navigational charts are orientated so that they use true north as their reference point. This is because true north doesn’t move ..read more
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Running Fix – Step by step guide & cheat sheet
Power Boat Training
by Noel Hutchinson
3y ago
A running fix is a method of coastal navigation position fixing. It incorporates the use of an estimated position along with bearings off of charted objects. Using bearings as well as an E.P makes this more accurate than an E.P alone. Take a look at this example of a running fix that was plotted while on passage past Portland on the UK’s south coast. The yacht was on passage making it’s way west towards Dartmouth. How to Plot a Running Fix Although is looks complicated the running fix is surprisingly straight forward to plot. The first thing to do is identify some objects or features on the c ..read more
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Estimated Position – Walk through step by step guide
Power Boat Training
by Noel Hutchinson
3y ago
This article will explain how to plot an estimated position. Whenever we are sailing or motor boating on the ocean we need to keep a record of our navigational passage. There are many reasons for this. Commercial vessels and vessels over a certain size are required by law under the SOLAS V rules to maintain a navigational record. You can find the SOLAS requirements here in REGULATION 28. As skippers or captains we need to ensure we keep a record of our progress on a passage so that we can monitor our journey against the navigational plan. An estimated position is one of the navigational tools ..read more
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IRPCS for Day Skippers Tutorial Videos
Power Boat Training
by Noel Hutchinson
3y ago
Click the link below to subscribe to our channel to get all our videos as we publish them There are 41 different rules in the IRPCS. However, when you are starting to learn about boats and are working towards skippering a yacht or power boat for the first time, not all of them are relevant. Below are tutorial videos for each of the IRPCS for Day Skippers. These rules give the basic level of understanding that will help to keep you safe on the sea. Learn them thoroughly and your prowess as a Skipper will be incredible. The rules that are missing from the list below are more relevant to skippe ..read more
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The 7 Steps That Will Take You From Deckhand To Skipper
Power Boat Training
by Noel Hutchinson
3y ago
The 7 Steps That Will Take You From Deckhand To Skipper The RYA Powerboat scheme goes way beyond the Powerboat Level 2 course. If you see it through, in a short time you will be qualified as an RYA / MCA Advanced Powerboat skipper and able to captain yachts up to 24 metres in length, up to 20 miles from a safe haven.  It’s a little known fact within the yachting industry that this accelerated career path is available to you. The money you can earn and the job roles that become available to you make the RYA / MCA Advanced CoC a no brainer for professional mariners looking to further their ..read more
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Calculate Clearance Under Bridges & Cables
Power Boat Training
by Noel Hutchinson
3y ago
This article will show you how to calculate clearance under bridges & cables. We often need to do this in order to see if our vessel can fit underneath. Or we may have to work our when our vessel can fit underneath as it may need the tide to fall to a certain level. When working out this puzzle, the first thing we need to do is find the charted height of the bridge or overhead obstruction. We can either find this on the chart itself or by looking up the information in an almanac or pilot book. Overhead clearances under bridges & cables are measured above something called HAT or Highest ..read more
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Compass Variation and Deviation – how to calculate them
Power Boat Training
by Noel Hutchinson
3y ago
This article will explain compass variation and deviation. There is an explanation of the full process plus some handy tools to help you remember what to do. Let’s look at variation first. As always there is a fee cheat sheet to download and keep. There is also a more in depth walk through on the YouTube video at the end of the article. Compass Variation True North is at the centre of the north pole This is a fixed point at the top of the planet. The majority of our navigational charts are orientated so that they use true north as their reference point. This is because true north doesn’t move ..read more
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VESSEL LIGHTS – A COMPLETE GUIDE
Power Boat Training
by Noel Hutchinson
3y ago
When we start taking our boats out we eventually get to the stage where we go out in the dark. That means we are going to see some different vessel lights on the water. This may even come sooner than we intended if we get our planning wrong and arrive late. There are lots of lights out there to try and make sense of. It’s important that we can identify some of the signals we are being shown so that we can avoid any dangers. This could include large shipping, boats with fishing gear or even military vessels. Below is a complete guide to vessel lights along with another of our handy downloads. T ..read more
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Running Fix – Step by step guide & cheat sheet
Power Boat Training
by Noel Hutchinson
3y ago
A running fix is a method of coastal navigation position fixing. It incorporates the use of an estimated position along with bearings off of charted objects. Using bearings as well as an E.P makes this more accurate than an E.P alone. Take a look at this example of a running fix that was plotted while on passage past Portland on the UK’s south coast. The yacht was on passage making it’s way west towards Dartmouth. How to Plot a Running Fix Although is looks complicated the running fix is surprisingly straight forward to plot. The first thing to do is identify some objects or features on the c ..read more
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