RYA sail qualification- does it also cover power?

[greeny]

Yes !

Travelling at 4-6knots on a yacht let's you do lots of stuff with a chart and plotters and stuff.

Now do that travelling at 30kts in the dark on the open deck of a RIB...

Doubt many people do that except for the various authorities and drugrunners. I would consider it reckless in normal circumstances and probably not covered or condoned in the training / exam. Or am I wrong? I did my yachtmaster and other certs many years ago. Maybe It's changed?

 

[capnsensible]

It's not 'reckless' if you have been trained to operate fast craft.......and abide by what you have been taught. I quite often use a friend's fast boat at 25 knots and I've coached him how to drive it safely.

 

[Kelpie]

Doubt many people do that except for the various authorities and drugrunners. I would consider it reckless in normal circumstances and probably not covered or condoned in the training / exam. Or am I wrong? I did my yachtmaster and other certs many years ago. Maybe It's changed?

I've done ~24kts on a RIB overnight on the way back from St Kilda, after dropping off a party of tourists.
No drugs involved (although some stugeron would have been useful on some of those trips).

 

[Mark-1]

I've done ~24kts on a RIB overnight on the way back from St Kilda, after dropping off a party of tourists.
No drugs involved (although some stugeron would have been useful on some of those trips).

I did 40mph in a borrowed RIB 10 years or so ago on a flat sea, that felt really fast. I recently something like 20knots for a short period of time in a club RIB.

I'd guess 40mph is very far from unusual and 20kts didn't feel fast at all so I'd guess it's pretty much typical.

Why do some RIBs have a log in MPH?

 

[ylop]

Why do some RIBs have a log in MPH?

I suspect the same reason many cyclists describe speed in kph! Which is two fold: 1. The equipment is imported (cyclists from the continent where Km are default units of measurement; and fast powerboats where the yanks prevail and use miles;
2. The value “sounds” bigger, therefore more impressive what bragging to friends!

 

[greeny]

Love how these threads drift. It's like a conversation in the bar.

 

[billskip]

Love how these threads drift. It's like a conversation in the bar.

Yep the more you drink the more you forget the original conversation.....