Paul Glatzel – författare

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, and structured man-overboard recovery. It also explains Colregs decision-making, IALA buoyage, passage planning with paper charts and electronic navigation cross-checks, plus VHF/DSC Mayday and SOLAS V obligations. Published by the Royal Yachting Association (RYA), the UK’s national body for boating training and certification.- Pre-start checks, killcord use, lifejacket setup and servicing, and a repeatable crew briefing structure. - Close-quarters control using wind and stream, pivot points, propwalk, “steer then gear,” and line-assisted pivots with PAME. - Anchoring calculations and set-check methods, plus towing rigs for long tow and alongside tow with correct spring-line roles. - Navigation redundancy with charts, plotters and GNSS cross-checking, tides/streams, datum (WGS84) warnings, and Colregs risk-of-collision logic.An instructional, syllabus-aligned powerboating seamanship manual that builds disciplined, repeatable habits for safer handling, navigation, and emergency response from sheltered waters to inshore/coastal trips.The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) provides training and guidance for powerboaters progressing through the RYA Powerboat Scheme, with a focus on building confidence and competence on the water. This updated handbook reflects practical, open-boat realities and includes refreshed coverage such as electronic navigation and handling at speed.

Powerboating is a fun, fast, and exhilarating sport. The number of powerboats on the water is increasing and the need for good skills has never been more important. If you are looking to progress to the intermediate levels of the RYA Powerboat Scheme then this new edition of the RYA Powerboat Handbook is a must. Updated with new information on electronic navigation and handling at speed and enhanced with interactive illustrations and video, this eBook will help you acquire the knowledge and confidence to get the most from your time on the water.

This book is the official companion to the RYA Powerboat Advanced course but it is equally relevant to those who are simply keen to develop and consolidate their knowledge to help improve their theoretical and practical skills.The digital version has been designed to be a key and progressive learning tool which focuses on the advanced aspects of powerboating. This includes the essentials on and off the water and demystifies the more complicated techniques for operating an open vessel by day and night.Chapters include:The Role of the SkipperRadar and AISHandling in Rougher WeatherHigher-Speed HandlingIt expands on the knowledge already contained in the entry-level RYA Start Powerboating and intermediate-level RYA Powerboat Handbook, with a focus on the higher-level aspects of advanced powerboating