RYA Safety Boat Certification Course - 19/20 Sep 2026  

PYA Safety Boat Certification Course - 19/20 September 2026 

This Course is intended to provide the skills and background knowledge 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 and elements of race management and mark laying.

Tuition will be provided by a RYA-accredited Trainer over the two days (approx. 7 hours per day). It will be predominantly practical, but with some classroom elements. It will be conducted in a variety of boat types with both wheel steering and tiller steering (O-Boat).

Trainees will be taught

· Boat preparation, launching, handling and recovery

· Dinghy rescue (practical)

· Windsurfer, kayak and canoe rescue (theory)

· Towing

· End-of-day procedures

· Safety

· Suitability of craft

· Local factors affecting rescue

· Communications

· Rescuing other water users / Man overboard recovery

By the end of the course, participants demonstrating themselves to be able to provide safety or support cover to a range of craft, particularly sailing or windsurfing craft, will be issued with a RYA Safety Boat Certificate.

Participants must be at least 16 years old to join this Course, should have a basic understanding of sailing boats and/or windsurfers, and must hold an RYA Powerboat Level 2 certificate, with a considerable amount of experience in handling powerboats over a period of at least 1 year.

The Course will take place at LBSC’s modern and spacious clubhouse, with changing rooms, a fully-equipped galley (kitchen), and appropriate facilities for less-abled members (including lifts for access to the clubhouse and boats). There is ample free parking, free wifi / internet access and a large outdoor seating area overlooking the water (great for lunch on good weather days).

Wetsuits, personal flotation devices, splash tops, gloves, etc are available to borrow free of charge, if required.

Course Fees

The fees are set at £200 per participant (there is a subsidised £100 fee for LBSC members).

Club Membership

It is Club policy that each participant must be a member to attend these Courses (for reasons of governance, insurance, etc). For those not currently members of LBSC, Day Membership will be granted free of charge to cover the two days of the Course - this will require completion of a Day Membership Form at the time of attendance.

Further details on the club and its activities can be found on our website: https://brenigsailing.club/

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