- Taking charge of a large houseboat ?
- Consider the risk of damaging it.
- Consider damaging another boat.
- What if someone is injured?
Such events are very expensive and help is a long time away.
Is the brief hire houseboat lesson enough?
This is a one day course on "Breathless" We review the required knowledge to safely operate a large houseboat boat followed by practical houseboat boat handling skills training. We can assess and issue a certificate of competency to purchase a boat licence or a special permit on the same day.
Location: Kia Marina 10km up river from Mannum on the eastern side.
Time: 9:00am to 3:30pm BYO Lunch Tea/coffee available onboard
Course fee: $250 per person or $500 per family
Booking: Phone 0418 836 137 to discuss options
Course content:
- Review (or assess for issue of a boat licence) essential boat licence knowledge for operation of a houseboat on the Murray River
- Pre-departure safety checks and briefing
- Required sound signals
- Departure from moorings
- Tight quarters manouvering, turning, look outs, communications
- Steering straight course
- Collision avoidance rules
- Selection of riverbank mooring place
- Briefing of crew for mooring at river bank
- knots to use
- order of line securing
- assessment of wind direction and river flow
- checking for overhanging branches
- Approaching riverbank mooring
- Departing river bank mooring
- Getting off a sand bar or stuck on a river bank
- Effective methods of getting off
- Calling for help, identifying location,
- What to do if phone has no signal (many places on the river like that)
- Long time to wait for help to arrive
- first aid essential for injured person
- Where to meet ambulance if one is needed
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