This course provides a practical introduction to boat handling and safety in powerboats. It covers boating techniques for launching and recovering a boat from a road trailer, everyday boat handling and the use of safety equipment. The course may be conducted in various boat types, both planing and displacement, and the certificate issued will be endorsed to show the kind of boat in which the training took place. A one-day introduction to powerboating with no previous experience is required.

A basic introduction to navigation and safety for anyone new to boating: sailors, powerboaters, sea anglers, divers and boatmasters. It is also helpful for experienced dinghy and keelboat sailors and inshore racers.

Provides the skills and background knowledge needed by the competent powerboat driver and is the basis of the International Certificate of Competence. It aims to teach boat handling and seamanship in powerboats. It focuses on low-speed quarters handling, man-overboard recovery, an introduction to driving at planing speed, and collision regulations. The course can be taken at an inland or coastal location. It may be conducted in various boat types, both planing and displacement. The certificate issued will be endorsed to show the type of boat in which the training took place.

A comprehensive navigation course, recommended for inexperienced skippers and anyone thinking of doing either the Day Skipper (sail) or Day Skipper (motor) course.

Covers the practical use of pilotage and passage planning by day on coastal waters using both traditional and electronic navigational techniques. It aims to teach the standard required to complete a short coastal passage by day. This course builds on the foundation knowledge of the Level 2 course and is suited to those who aim to drive larger, more powerful powerboats. You will cover cruising at planing speed and more advanced boat handling during the course. It is recommended for anyone considering moving on to the Advanced course. The course can be conducted on a planing or displacement boat.

Theory course for candidates before undertaking the Coastal Skipper Practical (Sail), Coastal Skipper Practical (Motor), Yachtmaster Offshore (Sail) or Yachtmaster Offshore (Motor) exam.

It aims to teach boat handling, seamanship, pilotage and navigation up to the standards required to drive a planning powerboat safely day and night in tidal coastal waters, with which the candidate may be familiar, in more demanding conditions. Given the nature of these passages, Advanced Powerboat courses should be delivered on powerboats of a minimum of 6 metres and an engine size sufficient to enable coastal passages at planing speed.

A one-day course that covers all the usual first aid subjects but from a boating perspective. It is aimed at anyone who goes afloat, whether on inland waters, rivers, estuaries or cross-channel passages. This course is MCA-approved and satisfies the requirements for Coastal Skipper Yachtmaster and Advanced Powerboat certificates of competence and some commercial work afloat.