NauticEd Navigator gives you personalized
course recommendations based on your
sailing goals and experience
NauticEd Navigator gives you personalized
course recommendations based on your
sailing goals and experience
** NEW COURSE ** Master the knowledge and skills needed to safely operate powerboats 27ft and larger with inboard, stern, or outboard drive systems, nearshore, and in moderate to rough conditions. This comprehensive powerboating course covers everything from maneuvering and navigation to handling emergencies, ensuring you gain the confidence and competence to skipper your powerboat like a pro. Get started today with the world's most comprehensive online and interactive Large Powerboat Course.
Estimated time: 20 hours
Price: $105 $95.00
This course follows the American National Standards for on-water safe boating - Powerboats, which has been approved by the American National Standards Institute. It also follows international standards.
The Skipper Large Powerboat online boating course is designed to teach you all the theory, knowledge, and strategies necessary to safely and competently command large powerboats that are 27ft or larger, nearshore, and in moderate to rough conditions. The course covers multiple power plants, including inboard, stern, or outboard drive powerboats. Whether you are a beginner or intermediate powerboater, this comprehensive powerboat course is essential; including maneuvering, anchoring, navigation basics, electronics, and handling emergencies.
We guarantee both your satisfaction AND Lifetime access to any sailing course you buy from us.
Upon completion, you will feel confident that you know the theory of what to do when in command of a large powerboat. And if you're new to the fun of boating, you'll look like a pro in front of your hands-on, on-the-water instructor.
Are you ready to "get your feet wet" and feel the exhilaration of boating? Then let's get started!
The test is reasonably simple as long as you have read the material. You can take the test as many times as you like to pass or improve your score without any extra cost. Once passed you are awarded the NauticEd Skipper Large Powerboat Certificate and Rank and you'll be on your way to building your boating competency resume, which can be used with charter companies worldwide. And the great thing is that once you've registered, you can log back in for life for FREE to review the material and brush up your skills. We're constantly updating the course and adding information on new technologies as they emerge, so for just $95 - you'll always be up to date.
If you still have questions about NauticEd, the courses, and/or the boating certifications, just ask our automated intelligent support system a question or contact us via email or phone we're happy to help. Otherwise, register for the Skipper Large Powerboat Course now and enjoy your new adventures to come!
Learn all the theory of powerboating in the comfort of your home at your own pace with NauticEd. Register for the Skipper Large Powerboat Course now!
By Grant Headifen
NauticEd Global Director of Education
View Skipper Large Powerboat Course excerpt
Already we have introduced you to a lot of information about boating - probably more than you thought. Well, hold onto your hat because this is the module you probably thought you signed up for - maneuvering your boat competently. Consequently, the topic of maneuvering and docking is the largest in this course.
This particular module covers general maneuvering - outside the marina. To lean a little on Pink Floyd's Meat and Pudding lyrics:
If you don't learn maneuvering you canna dock your boat.
How can you dock your boat if you canna do maneuvering!
Therefore this module is about making your boat do what you tell it to do using a combination of gears, throttle, and steering. No amount of holding your tongue sideways will help. To learn to maneuver less expensively, stay away from the marina at first. The following pages present real live exercises to gain confidence and competence in maneuvering.
The Electronic Navigation course is far more in-depth than I expected. Because of the remarkably affordable cost of the course, I feared that it may be far less comprehensive. I was very pleasantly surprised at how challenging and informative it is. I now find myself trying something I learned from the NauticEd academics every time I go sailing.