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Course:
RYA Short Range
Certificate ~ VHF
Duration: 1 day
(1/2 day if converting from 'old' VHF
qualification)
Likely participants: Everyone! As
explained in one of the articles a VHF is an
essential item of safety kit and thus taking a
course to ensure that you know how to use it is key.
Course
description:
It is somewhat ironic that to
helm a high powered powerboat you don't need any form of licence or
qualification yet to use its VHF radio you need a licence for the set and to sit
an exam to gain your radio operators certificate. Until recently the
qualification that powerboaters studied for was the 'Restricted Certificate of
Competence in Radiotelephony (VHF only)'. This is generally a one day course and
simply tends to be known as the 'VHF Course'. Life has become somewhat more
complicated since 1998 and now the course/exam leads to the new CEPT Short Range
Certificate (SRC). This covers the new Global Maritime Distress & Safety
System (GMDSS). This subject is too large to go into the level of detail we
would like to on this site. |
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| This site was
founded back in 1999 as a resource for powerboaters interested
in furthering their boat handling skills via training or simply
reading about how to handle their craft better. Since its
inception it remains the only site dedicated to powerboat
training and is ranked No1 for Powerboat Training by search
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are you with the new SOLAS V regulations that came into force in
2002? If you've not heard about them them you need to as they
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