PB2 Direct Assessment
About Course
This assessment is aimed at candidates wishing to sit an RYA Powerboat Level 2 direct assessment.
You should have a working knowledge of the following theory topics:
- Clothing and equipment
- Types of craft
- Propulsion systems
- Launch and recovery
- Tides and tidal streams
- Weather
- Watchkeeping
- Anchoring
- Basic charts & symbols
- Buoyage systems
- Use of GPS/Electronic nav
- Pilotage and passage planning principles
- Distress signals
- Cold water shock
- Immersion hypothermia
- Disabled craft
- Advice for restricted visibility
- Fire precautions and fire fighting
- Man Overboard procedure
Course Curriculum
Assessment
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PB2 Direct Assessment – Theory test