RYA Diesel course

[Switch]

Can anyone recommend an RYA Diesel course where you work on on larger engines (Volvo KAD 300's for example) rather than the smaller sailing yacht diesel engines that most courses i've seen offer. Preferably south coast.
Thanks

 

[Kipper]

I have not found one yet but I would be very interested in doing one. I suppose the local college might do a suitable diesel course tho not for boat engines.

 

[Wiggo]

I did one with the local tech college and that was still based on 50-60 hp car engines. The problem for them is access to suitable engines. I'm sure they'd be delighted if Volvo donated a D6-350 and maybe a D9...

 

[cyberpunx]

if your in scotland the scotsail training at largs marina are doing one on the 1st or 2nd of march im booked on it diesel engine rya course they are also doing a vhf course the next day
regards john

 

[Questor]

Try SeaStart at Hamble Point. Did my course there. Bryn Jones was the man. Not a lot he doesn't know about diesel engines. The engine they used wasn't a Volvo, (can't remember what it was) but was a 6 pot of similar size to a Volvo K/AD series.

 

[adrianb]

There was talk at the Wokingham pub meet just before Christmas whereby it was suggested a Diesel engine course "should" be run on one's own boat.

Difficulty being that the "classroom" engine can be manipulated to produce faults that you have to find.

Suggestion was then whether the course could be split, classroom and own boat.

This from a forumite who does run some deisel engine courses, and much more besides !

I'll bring it up again, so to speak, at the next meet.


Adrian
www.cleanandshiny.co.uk

 

[ribrage]

If enough interest I could/can run this course ( time served diesel fitter) and rya inst. also have 300hp cat available 6cyl in a rib i need to service /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[theforeman]

you could try glasgow college of nautical studies- they have a couple of real ship engines in running order and a real chief engineer ( steam and motor 0 to run the course.

 

[theforeman]

you could try glasgow college of nautical studies- they have a couple of real ship engines in running order and a real chief engineer ( steam and motor ) to run the course.

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

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Difficulty being that the "classroom" engine can be manipulated to produce faults that you have to find.
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My Perkins do that themselves without any need for a classroom