RYA Powerboat Handbook

Busy waterways punish guesswork—especially when docking, navigating by buoyage and Colregs, or handling a man-overboard at speed. This safety-first seamanship handbook teaches practical powerboat handling, navigation, and emergency routines aligned to the RYA Powerboat Scheme up to Tender Operator and Intermediate Powerboat. It covers boat and propulsion choices, pre-start checks and crew briefings, close-quarters manoeuvring, planing-speed and rough-weather techniques, anchoring, towing, a...