Watch boats get into trouble and learn from the experience of watching expert drivers as they demonstrate the correct proceedures to follow..

Discover the best methods of boat handling in all weather, different types of boats, different handling techniques, dealing with emergencies, how to plan properly.
60 mins.

Know your boat, navigation rules, accidents, legal requirements, getting underway, docking.

Instruction on trim tabs, backing power tilt & trim, docking, turning at slow speeds, launching and loading, wind and currents inboard and outboard twin engine boats.

Running time 73 minutes

Instruction on twin tabs, backing power tilt & trim, docking, turning at slow speeds, launching and loading, wind and currents, inboard and outboard single engines.

Instruction on trim tabs, backing power tilt and trim, docking, turning at low speeds, launching and loading, effects of winds and currents.

Learn to handle your boat in following seas, head on seas, rough inlets, in limited visibility and more..

Taking the test for the International Certificate of Competence - Motorboat.
This film follows an actual test, the practical exercises, discussion with the examiner and questions/answers.
Made with the Plymouth Sailing and Power School

Made in association with the RNLI's Sea Safety Initiative, in an attempt to reduce the 1500 odd lifeboat launches annually in aid of yachts suffering mechanical problems. Contents include first principles, basic checks and maintenance, controls, lubrication, fuel and cooling systems, air, exhausts, electrics, turbos, gearboxes, couplings and spare parts.
42 minutes.

Amberley Marine

Subjects covered in this DVD include:

Twin outdrive engines; leaving a berth; anchoring; stern to mooring; beaching; man overboard and driving at sea.

Running time: 40 minutes approx.

Amberley Marine

Subjects covered by this DVD include:

Twin inboard engines, single inboard, outboard/outdrive, leaving a berth, mooring, securing to piles, coming alongside, anchoring and man overboard.

Running time: 37 minutes approx.

by Amberley Marine

This DVD covers all the basics you will need to be a competent crew member, or to skipper a motorboat on short passages in daylight and in decent weather.
Based on the RYA practical syllabus.

60 minutes running time, PAL colour format.

Adefinitive visual handbook - the basics explained and the first trips are talen in the Solent.
Covers: Boat terms, Safety, VHF, Weather, Manoeuvering, Coastal Navigation, Rules of the Road, The First Trip, Looking After the Boat

A definitive visual handbook - advanced techniques including an extended south coast passage.
Covers: More advanced Navigation, GPS, Electronics, Plotter, Way-Points, Position Fixing, Tides, radar, VHF, Emergency, Lights and Shapes, Weather, Passage Preparation, Heavy Seas

An excellent film intended to help your outboard live up to expectations by helping you to understand how it works and how to look after it.

Covers: The Basic Engine - The Two-stroke cycle - The Four-stroke cycle - Valves - The Fuel System - The Ignition System - Kill and Stop switches - The Cooling System - Lubrication - Starters & Electrics - Transmission - Undrowning.

45 minutes

Manoeuvering, docking, wind and currents and more..

Produced in conjunction with the United States Coast Guard. Step by step techniques for navigating with both dead reckoning piloting and GPS navigation. Covers chart work, compass, GPS, radar for navigating and avoiding collisions, navigation rules, taking and plotting bearings, tidal current and navigating in fog or at night.
63 mins.

Boat Handling DVD
J. Mendez
An essential aid for anyone new to powerboating, taking a powerboating course or perfecting their boat handling skills.

Step by step on the water instruction - make a plan, effect of windage, stream, turning, mooring, driving at high speed.

Amberley Marine

These boats are designed to go fast and you owe it to yourself, your passengers and other water users to be competent at handling your boat.

Topics covered include:
Low speed manoeuvring, high speed trim, emergency stop, basic water skiing techniques, anchoring, beaching, man overboard, launch and recovery, and rough water tips.

Running time: 60 minutes approx.

60 top tips, whether single or twin engine, inboard or outboard.