National Powerboat Cerftificate
The Irish Sailing National Powerboat Certificate is a 2 day course covering the skills and knowledge required to safely skipper a powerboat keeping yourself and your crew safe while afloat.
These courses take palce over the course of a weekend (Saturday & Sunday)
This is considered the ‘Driving Licence’ for Boats in Ireland.The National Powerboat Certificate allows you to apply for the ‘International Certificate of Competency’ (ICC). The aim of the ICC is to provide boat owners and people wishing to charter boats abroad with an internationally recognised document certifying their competence to skipper a boat for recreational use.
The National Powerboat Certificate also allows you to apply for the ‘Commercial Endorsement’. The Commercial Endorsement qualifies you to act as master or crew on vessels holding Passenger Boat licences as required by the Department of Transport.
We offer a Direct Assessment option for the National Powerboat Certificate for individuals who are sufficiently experienced, skilled and have the required knowledge in all areas of the syllabus. Contact us to discuss this option further if you think it may apply to you.
Training under qualified instructors
Experience helming and carrying out manouveres in a powerboat with a tiller steered outboard engine and a powerboat with a console steered engine.
Every powerboat course start at 9 A.M and finishes at 5 P.M.
Please aim to arrive 10 minutes early.
Full payment is refundable when cancelled with more than.
The number confirmed 48 hours before your booking is the number you will be charged for.
All bookings go ahead despite bad weather, unless we deem it unsafe, in which case you are entitled to a full refund.
Gift vouchers/copetitions are non refundable, but can be transferred.
The above conditions apply to gift voucher/competitions
Credit card/PayPal fee may apply & is non-refundable
Killaloe Sailing Club,
Carrownakilly,
Killaloe,
Co. Clare
Must be atleast 16 years of age to take part in this course.