RYA Level 2 Coastal Powerboat Driving Course

Ref: PBT2RYAC

RYA Level 2 Powerboat Course from £250 in Southend, Essex with no hidden extras. Outstanding quality and the best value in the industry with over 30 years experience on the water.

Suitable for all all small boat and prospective boat owners including , powerboats, ribs, speed boats, motor cruisers and fishing boats. Basically anything with a motor less than 10 metres in length. Lot's of advice available on buying the right boat...do the course first and make sure that your first boat is the right boat.
 
We use an Offshore 6m Rib with a 90 HP outboard to deliver our training. This allows us to run the courses from February to October whatever the weather conditions.

Perfect Day Watersports offers great value and outstanding quality tuition. Coaching from an advanced powerboat instructor with over 30 years experience on the water. We have thousands of satisfied customers who have completed the course including total novices, lifeboat crew, fishing vessel skippers and small boat drivers who now have the confidence and skill to take their boats out safely and confidently.

We update the availability daily. We will send full joining details within 12 hours. Couldn't be simpler! We prefer payment via bank transfer or PayPal as this ensures the very best security for our customers.

The course lasts 6 hours per day and includes all course materials with 3 clients per instructor in each boat. Takes place at Leigh on Sea Marina.

 2026 COURSE DATES PLUS AVAILABILITY PLEASE RETURN TO THE HOMEPAGE 

Cost £270. Booked solid at the moment due to the great weather. Weekends get booked a couple of months in advance.

Mon/Tues 14/15th Sept 1pm start, Thur/Fri 8/9th October 9.30am start Sat/Sun 24/25th October 9.30 am start - season closes for this year until March 2027.

HFor more information please email; perfectdaywatersports@gmail.com or ring Mike on 07887 890389 for friendly advice on your course.

Sample Topics

• Launching & recovery
• Engine Checks and Maintenance
• High and low speed boat handling
• Securing to a buoy
• Anchoring
• Towing
• Leaving & coming alongside
• Man overboard
• Theory
• Essential Safety
• Pilotage & passage planning
• Buoyage
• Charts
• Collision Avoidance
• Tides & tidal streams

This is a 2 day course. Pre-course experience required none. The minimum age for candidates is 12. Candidates under the age of 16 will be issued an endorsed certificate.