Training Seminars & Workshops
These are informal (not RYA Qualification) seminars, workshops and knowledge transfer sessions provided at very low cost or free of charge to members. They will typically run for an hour on a Wednesday evening, be interactive and fun, and assume little or no previous knowledge.
Some will be marina pontoon based, and some will involve a trip out onto the water or to the University Ship Simulator or QHM Longroom.
There is no boat ownership, experience or qualification pre-condition to these sessions.
This list of sessions is developing, will change and may be repeated. In no particular order:-
- VHF DSC Radio Refresher. An interactive session using real VHF radios to demonstrate how to use DSC for non emergency boat to boat comms, and some little known features of DSC.
- A Night Navigation Exercise. What would you expect to see and how would you brief your crew and then pilot your vessel into Cattewater from the Breakwater on a very dark night. To find out more, join this WhatsApp group.
- A visit to the University Ship Simulator to re-enact the Night Navigation Exercise.
- A discussion about Anchoring, techniques and equipment.
- A Predicted Log Exercise. What is it, how do I plan my course, how do I get involved?
- Marina Boat Handling under power. Warping, single line mooring, springing off, turning around in own length. Using member’s boats with different keel and power drive configurations.
- A short session on the PYC Anchoring & Mooring Guide to encourage members to try some of them out, to add new anchorages and to create new sections, for the benefit of all club boat owners.
- Radar v AIS; PLB v AIS. What does it all mean and which to choose and when to use.