RYA Personal Watercraft (jetski) course

Personal Watercraft (PW or jetskis as they are more commonly known) are often subject to significant limitations in respect of their use. In many areas the one day RYA PWC Course is mandatory if you want to be able to take your craft afloat. You will be taught by an experienced, qualified instructor on our Yamaha Waverunner PWC with a maximum of six trainees (3 per bike). Courses can be taken either on our craft or your own.

All new PWs are sold with a voucher towards the cost of this course and, once passed, you are issued with a certificate of proficiency. The course teaches you how to use your PW safely, responsibly and with confidence, ensuring that you get the best out of it. It covers high and low speed riding skills, essential safety information, collision avoidance and orientation at sea.

Course content/syllabus - Practical

• Launching
• Familiarisation
• Control at slow speed
• Falling off and re-boarding
• Balance & trim
• Stopping distances
• Capsize and righting
• Control at speed
• Following a planned route
• Identifying buoys and marks
• Recognising potential collision situations and taking correct avoiding action
• Slalom exercise
• Towing a PWC
• Knots

Theory

• Personal equipment
• Launching and landing
• Safety equipment
• Collision avoidance
• Navigation at sea including subjects such as charts, buoys and tides
• Weather forecasts
• Emergency equipment
• Courtesy to other water users

Who is this activity for/experience needed

The RYA's Personal Watercraft course is designed for first time and experienced riders alike. Increasingly, the certificate is required for launching in UK harbours, but it is also needed if you want to use your craft abroad.

When does it run/availability

Most courses take place over one day and courses run on a periodic basis throughout the year.

What do I need to bring

All equipment is provided. You can bring your own jetski if you wish.

Restrictions

Children aged between 12 and 16 can take the course. Their certificates will be endorsed to show that they must use PWs only under the supervision of a responsible adult. We only accept children onto these courses in the company of their parent/guardian. All courses are run subject to weather limitations. 

I love the activity, what do I do next?

Simply add it to your basket by clicking the "buy now" button. Once you've got all the activities/clothing that you want go to the checkout and complete your purchase. As soon as you've completed your purchase you'll get sent an activity voucher email. This will have the contact and location details of your instructors. Simply give them a call, get your date booked in and off you go!

The GO AWOL promise

Here's four great reasons to choose GO AWOL:

1. We partner with some of the best activity providers so you can rest easy knowing that you're going to have an awesome time
2. You get an activity voucher that can be used anytime for the next 6 months giving you total flexibility over when you want to book your dates. It's also ideal as a gift for someone
3. Your activity voucher is totally flexible – you can change the activity any time you like provided that you haven't booked the date in with the activity provider. And even if you have done this we can still usually change your activity
4. We offer one of the broadest range of beginner, intermediate and advanced courses

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