MCA Yachtmaster Power Conversion

Overview:

If you already hold either the Yachtmaster Coastal Certificate of Competence or Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence for sail then you can convert to motor. As with the Yachtmaster sail we run preparation training back to back with your exam. The good news is you have already done the hard work when you did the sailing exam and the conversion exam is only three hours per person.

Aims:

Simple really. To work with you to ensure you pass your exam. The preparation time not only gets you familiar with the boat, the Solent and the crew but it looks at exam techniques and polishes rusty skills.

Course Duration:

Two days (one day of training and one day for the exam).

Pre Requisites:

YACHTMASTER COASTAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE EXAM PRE REQUISITES:-

• 30 days motor cruising
• 800 miles logged
• 12 night hours
• 12 days as skipper
• In date First Aid
• SRC or VHF
• RYA Sea Survival Course (recommended - compulsory if you are seeking a RYA/MCA Commercial Endorsement)

* For holders of the RYA Coastal Skipper Course Completion Certificate Sea Time is reduced to 15 days and 400 miles.

YACHTMASTER OFFSHORE CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE EXAM PRE REQUISITES:-

• 50 days motor cruising
• 2,500 miles logged
• 50 night hours
• 5 passages of sixty miles or more (with 2 overnight and 2 as skipper)
• In date First Aid
• SRC or VHF
• RYA Sea Survival Course (recommended - compulsory if you are seeking a RYA/MCA Commercial Endorsement)

Half of the above mileage can be borrowed from your sailing log, so only half needs to be logged on a motor cruiser.

Course Content:

As you have already proved your pilotage, skippering and safety and "collision regs." these do not feature in the preparation this time. It is assumed that you know all of this as an existing Yachtmaster. (Be warned however it would be embarrassing if an examiner quizzed you on night lights and you did not know them). During your conversion training we will concentrate principally on 5 areas;

• Boat Handling in a twin engine motor cruiser
• Passage Planning for high speed craft
• Electronic navigation, in particular GPS and radar
• MOB procedure
• Improved diesel knowledge, get you home techniques

If these subjects sound daunting then you should consider the one day radar and diesel courses and the full five day preparation and exam. As with all exam preps, this is not the time to learn techniques from scratch but to revise existing skills.

What's Included:

• 2-days use of our motor cruiser
• 1-day of instruction
• Diesel and on board consumables
• Lunch, tea/coffee and snacks on board
• Free berthing at the home port
• 1-year's free introductory RNLI membership
• Parking at our marina

What's Not Included:

• Accommodation and evening meals
• Wet Weather gear (£5/day to hire from us)
• MCA Yachtmaster Exam Fee (paid to the examiner on the day)

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