Boat Handling

The Boat Handling course is open to anyone aged over 14 and it’s a great way to get non-divers involved in the club, especially if they have family members who dive. No diving qualification is necessary to take part.

This two-day event will take place in Belfast (day one) and Strangford Lough (day two). Exact time and location details will be shared with attendees ahead of the event.

It’s a practical boat-based course that gives each student plenty of time at the helm of a small dive boat to practise their skills, including how to drop and recover divers safely. Some boat insurers require any person driving a boat to have an approved boat-handling qualification.

You will be out and about in boats on both days of this two-day course, which includes a mix of four theory, two dry practical and three open-water practical sessions aboard a RIB. You will learn about the responsibilities of owning, towing and driving a boat, and how to launch and recover it.

Practical skills include high-speed driving, slow-speed manoeuvring, anchoring and coming alongside. You will develop your overall seamanship skills, including voyage planning, essential rules of the road and learn the actions to take in an emergency.

Read more about this course: https://www.bsac.com/training/skill-development-courses/seamanship-courses/boat-handling/

You may also like the following events from BSAC - British Sub-Aqua Club:

• This month, 23rd August, 09:00 am, Search and Recovery in Belfast
• Next month, 6th September, 09:00 am, Accelerated Decompression Procedures (ADP) in Broughton Astley
• Next month, 7th September, 09:00 am, Advanced Lifesaver Award in Ballygowan

Also check out other Workshops in Belfast.