Boat Handling

We regularly do a “New Boat Owners Course” on request from boat dealers when people buy their first boat.

For these people we do the RST as well as show people how to launch and retrieve their vessel (pen or trailer) as well as how to park and tie up at a jetty and so forth.

We also regularly go to Yacht clubs, boat pens and moorings, as well as even into the local harbours to do a “Superyacht Course” which isn’t just for Superyachts, but suits all larger vessel owners and skippers. This is for people moving to larger boats (usually because the new boat is larger than they are used to) to train them in berthing and unberthing and ways to tie up, anchor and generally handle their new boat. We also train their crew (or wife or family) what to do and what to expect (usually crew need the training more than the skipper). Any boat owner can do this course and we will tailor it to you and your boat. Whether your boat is 6m or 30 metres, we have Masters qualified Skipper / Trainers that have been operating boats just like yours for many years – guaranteed. We have more trainers than any other Boat School in WA to call on.

Many 'Share Boat' groups find that some of the sharers do not have sufficient skills and regularly damage the shared boat. We assist by showing families and share members how to be good skippers AND crew (sometimes its the crew that need more training) - how to park, how to refuel etc...

Advanced courses include boat handling, anchoring, berthing, beaching (only for some boats - if that’s what you want to do) and ‘familiarisation trips’ can be customised to suit your needs. We do these custom courses and familiarisation trips with new boat owners to new locations on an hourly basis. We only use our senior (Master rated and qualified) trainers – all of whom have operated charter boats / ferries / superyachts and so forth with many years experience. These are all professionals, unlike most RST trainers at boat schools who are generally just part timers.

For one-on-one training with one of our Master Trainers, we do a minimum introductory 3 hours for a charge of just $300. Sometimes people who have got a new boat follow this up the following week or so with a revision on boat parking, then followed by a river excursion or Night Convoy where we take a few boats out into the river to do a familiarisation trip up and down the river at night. Others do a Rotto convoy with a few boats and a trainer to get to know how to get in and out of Rotto safely. We can even send a trainer with you to Rotto anytime you want, and the trainer can catch the ferry back once you are safely moored or in a pen on the island.

Just let us know what your needs are and we will assist you……