RYCV conducts a number of short courses designed to build your skills in a specific areas. These off water courses are designed to build skills and allow you to be safer and more useful out on the water
Contact our Sail Training Development Manager, Ian Fox at on (03) 9397 1277 or at training@rycv.asn.au for dates and further information. Click on the course date to enrol.
CLUB CRANE COURSE
This course must be successfully completed prior to using the either of the Club’s Hardstand Cranes.
What you’ll Learn:
At the end of this course you will have a basic understanding of:
- Safety issues around Crane use
- Lifting gear selection and maintenance
- Practical use of the Clubs cranes
Duration: One session of 3 Hours
Cost:$60 per person
Dates and bookings:
18 May 2024 9am – 11:30am
20th July 2024 9am – 11:30am
8th Sept 2024 9am – 11:30am
9th Oct 2024 6pm – 8:30pm
6th Nov 2024 6pm – 8:30pm
DIESEL MAINTENANCE COURSE
Learn how to maintain and properly care for your diesel engine.
What you’ll learn:
At the end of this course you will have a basic understanding of:
- the 4 Stroke diesel cycle engine
- naturally aspirated/turbo charged fuel systems
- tanks
- filtering systems
- injection systems
- air/exhaust systems
- cooling systems
- electrical systems
- lubrication
- owner maintenance/trouble shooting
- vessel installations
Duration: One session of 3 hours
Cost: $110 per person
Dates and times:
Sat 18th May 9am-12pm
MAN OVERBOARD WORKSHOP (RECOVERY TECHNIQUES)
We all should practice our man overboard (MOB) drills to get our boat back to a fellow crew member or guest in the water, but how many of us have had a go at getting a helpless, wet, 100 kg person back on board, even in relatively mild conditions?
What you’ll learn:
At the end of this course you will have an understanding of:
- the techniques that can be used to successfully retrieve a person back on board
- gear that is available to assist in retrieval
- setting up systems on the boat to assist retrieval
- different scenarios you may be faced with such as MOB with a tether attached
Duration: 1 session of 3 hours
Cost: $50 per person.
Dates: TBC
