Atlantic Powerboating

Course Details

Times: 0900hrs – 1700hrs each day

Location: Kilrush Marina, V15 AD62

Pre Requisites: National Powerboat Certificate / Log of Hours

The course is delivered on open powerboats including console planing RIBs. Using the facilities at Kilrush Marina as a base, our courses offer the participant excellent training grounds with exercises conducted in the confines of the marina, as well as out on the tidal Shannon Estuary. The nature of the base we operate from even allows operating and use of automated lock gates which you would not otherwise experience elsewhere.

Skills learned on this course include:

• Boat preparation and equipment for longer passages
• Precision Boat Handling
• Mooring, Anchoring & Marina Berthing including stern-to approaches
• Anchoring off a beach
• Swimming from a Boat (in tidal waters)
• Navigation and Passage Planning
• Tide and weather theory
• Safety
• Incident Management / Medical Emergencies
• Collision regulations
• Care of Boats and Equipment
• A range of other skills!

We extend the range with this course, explore new places and the content delivered is practical and useful when going boating with family and friends for day trips.

Get ready to open a new world of adventure and start your powerboat journey with Atlantic Powerboating!