RYA Level 2 Powerboat Course

Take to the water for 2 full days with this fantastic RYA Level 2 Powerboating Course. Experience the power of the boat and the water as you learn to handle the both to your advantage!
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From £ 445 For 1 Person

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Take to the water for 2 full days with this fantastic RYA Level 2 Powerboating Course. Experience the power of the boat and the water as you learn to handle the both to your advantage!

Speedboat Experience Days: Think of this course as your driving test, but instead of a car, you are at the helm of a 20ft speed boat! As you rip around the shores off the south coast you will be learning everything you need to know about powerboating. You will cover aspects from the Level 1 course but in more detail and extra manoeuvres as well as the man over board recovery procedure. finishing this course will allow you to hire powerboats and is the qualification you will need if you wish to peruse a career in water sport coaching.

Once you have arrived and been welcomed to the centre your RYA Level 2 Powerboat course will begin with a safety brief and introduction to the boat / instructor that you will spend the next 2 days with! Spread over two days, the course offers a huge range of the necessary skills for owning or hiring a powerboat; From the excitement of high speed handling to the satisfaction of completing a maneuver well, whether it is coming alongside or a practice 'man over board' recovery. The course also covers a lot of information regarding boat safety, including equipment to carry and the collision rules. You can also use your level 2 qualification to gain the ICC certificate (approx cost £27 including 1 year's subscription to the RYA) for vessels up to 10m.

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Availability

The RYA Level 2 Powerboat Course is available on midweek and weekend dates, all year round (subject to availability).

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Requirements

Minimum Age: 12

Please inform the centre if you can not swim or if you have any medical conditions that you think they should be aware of.

This Powerboat Course covers RYA Level 1 and Level 2 qualifications.

Upon completion of this course, you will automatically qualify for your ICC (International Certificate of Competence) - you'll need to apply for this separately.

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Duration

Experience Duration: 14:00

Time Spent at Venue: 23:00

This is a two day course.

Days will run consecutively, usually starting at around 9:00 or10:00, and finishing at 16:00 or 17:00 on both days.

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Group Size & Spectators

Participants: The RYA Level 2 Powerboat Course is for 1 participant.

Max Group Size: 3

Spectators Allowed on Site: Yes

There is a maximum of three students per instructor on the RYALevel 2 Powerboat Course.

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Where is it Located

Brighton (East Sussex)

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What to Wear

Be prepared for changeable weather, with plenty of layers.

  • Waterproofs
  • Woolly Hat & Gloves (for warmth and rope friction protection)
  • Shades With a Retaining Strap
  • Sun Cream
  • Deck Boots & Non-Slip Deck Shoes / Trainers That Don’t Mark

The centre will provide you with a buoyancy aid upon arrival.

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Weather

The course may be affected by extreme weather conditions, please contact the centre before setting off if you have any doubts.

If your experience is cancelled due to weather or water conditions, you will simply be re-scheduled for an alternative date.

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Expert Interview with Lagoon Watersports- Brighton

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At Experience Days we are excited to provide you an exclusive interview about the roots and future of Lagoon Watersports in Brighton with one of the founders- Harvery Dawkins. Lagoon Watersports offers a wide range of exciting Watersports such as: Wakeboarding, Kayaking, Sailing and SUPing which can be found via our webpage here.

battle-of-the-paddle-brighton-6011) Please explain a bit of background on Lagoon Watersports and the different activities you offer.

My initial passion was for windsurfing, in particular wave sailing. This passion led to the development of my love for being on and in the water as much as possible. So with my business partner and friend Seb Rouse we started the business in 1994 with just 6 windsurf boards and it grew from there. The increasing popularity of the business meant we began to expand – introducing sailing and kayaking. Seb is a very keen sailor and so specializes in the sailing side- the yachts and powerboats, opening our big boat-sailing and power boating centre in Brighton Marina whereas I manage the centre in Hove Lagoon.
Lagoon Watersports offers a variety of exhilarating water activities including: Wakeboarding, Windsurfing, Kayaking and Dinghy Sailing which is brilliantly run by our team of up to 40 employees (during peak season). Since the centres’ opening in 2001, the thrilling Zap Cat powerboats immediately became a very popular extreme power boating experience, but personally I prefer a more rustic approach and enjoy the sail and human power rather than the engines.
Wakeboarding has been a sport the staff and I have always been keen on; however it tends to be impractical and expensive due to internal and external factors such as an appropriate boat, driver and a calm sea. But as soon as the new generation of straight line wakeboard cable systems arrived we knew that this was the way to go and invested to become the South Coast’s first cable Wakeboard Park.
In the last couple of years, the standup paddle boarding scheme has exploded and this is something I love. It is so accessible yet has the diversity to make the sport as challenging and extreme as you like.

2) How did your passion in watersports turn into a career?

I wanted to go windsurfing when it was windy not when my boss said I could, which was often enough. I just wanted to be completely independent in what I loved to do. Obviously the reality is very different and there’s a lot of hours involved but throughout the years I’ve managed to do a lot of windsurfing, SUPing and wake boarding so it has pretty much worked out as planned.

3) Do you have any exclusive information you can share with us?

We are finding more and more people want to get onto the water. When people visit or even residents of Brighton, everyone wants that connection with the water, it makes you feel good. A recent trend that we are delighted to see seems to be that more and more people are looking for health activities that are more interactive to do outside of the gym, and that is what Lagoon Watersports offers. To coincide with this, we have been adding new classes like SUP yoga, SUP race training, coastal sailing cruises and more advanced training courses to help customers stimulate their passion and reach that next level. Also look out for SUPing (Standup paddleboarding) it’s the next big thing!

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4) What makes your experiences unique and special for customers?

Our focus is to offer people the chance not just to try a sport but to go on and practice it on a regular basis; whether that experience is sailing a yacht all the way to France, wake boarding every night after work or going to SUP race events. We try to remove as many of the barriers as we can so that the clients interest can be driven e.g. we provide everything including: equipment, storage space and a team of staff to help train and give advice. Our close team of staff is the spirit to the business and this passion easily translates to the customers. Our staff members enjoy meeting customers and are keen to share their knowledge with the customer and as keen to get out on the water with them. The venues also make a difference. We are very lucky to have such great venues and Hove Lagoon is one of the best centres in the UK to learn such a range of watersports. Whilst Brighton Marina gives us the opportunity to sail sight out of sea.

5) What’s your most frequently asked question from customers?

It would probably be either ‘Do you provide wetsuits?’ Which we do! Or ‘what happens if it rains?’ As we are already getting wet, we do still run the activities. Watersports have that advantage of being great fun despite the weather; because you are active your body is able to stay warm. We also have a great café you can wind down in après Surf!
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