Two days. One course.
You’re at the helm.
FBC Loch Lomond is an RYA-accredited training centre. The Powerboat Level 2 course is delivered on site at Loch Lomond by our own RYA-qualified instructors.
We are an official RYA Recognised Training Centre.
Freedom Boat Club Loch Lomond is inspected and recognised by the Royal Yachting Association — the UK’s national governing body for boating. That means our instructors, our boats, our safety procedures and our teaching syllabus are all independently audited to RYA standards.
- RYA-qualified instructors — every course is delivered by certified RYA powerboat instructors.
- Certificates that travel — the RYA Powerboat Level 2 is recognised across the UK and internationally, and is the basis for the ICC (International Certificate of Competence).
- Train on the boats you’ll actually drive — courses run on our own member fleet, on the water you’ll boat on.
- Training on site — every new member’s RYA Powerboat Level 2 can be completed at the club, typically scheduled within four weeks of joining.
Recognised Training Centre status is reviewed and renewed by RYA inspection.
The qualification most members start with.
Powerboat Level 2 is the recognised UK qualification for skippering powered craft up to 10 metres at displacement and planing speeds. It is the qualification most insurers, marinas and overseas clubs ask for, and it is the standard FBC requires of every named member.
The course runs over two consecutive days, with a maximum of three students per instructor. By the end of day two you will have driven the boat at speed, picked up a mooring, anchored, recovered a man overboard, and held the helm in real wind. Lifetime certificate, ICC eligibility (the international qualification you need for US clubs).
- Boat handling
Low-speed manoeuvring, ropework, theory - Coming alongside
Berthing, leaving and returning to the pontoon - Manoeuvres at speed
High-speed handling on planing craft - Anchoring
Anchor selection, scope, picking up moorings - Navigation basics
Charts, bearings, tidal awareness - Mooring & ropework
Knots, line handling, secure mooring - Man overboard
MOB drill, recovery procedures - Engine & safety checks
Pre-flight checks, emergency procedures
You do not need to know anything.
The most common worry we hear at a taster is “I’ve never even been on a boat” — and it is genuinely the wrong worry. Powerboat Level 2 is designed as the entry-level RYA qualification. Our instructors specialise in first-timers. Loch Lomond is a sheltered, freshwater training environment with no tides and predictable conditions for nine months of the year. You will be fine.
The course is also an answer to a question some new members didn’t know they had: can I do this at all? By the second day you have the answer, and the answer is yes.
What is included
One course price — everything here is covered. No add-ons on the day.
- Two full days of instruction
- Fuel used during the course
- Course pack — handed out on day one, digital copy if preferred
- Use of a training boat from the FBC fleet (Zodiac, Quicksilver, or SeaRay SPX)
- Insurance for the duration of the course
- Tea, coffee, water on board
- Access to the Bandry Bay pontoon and clubhouse
- The certificate-issuing process — we handle the paperwork
Start with a free taster.
Most members meet us for a free taster session at Bandry Bay before joining — see the boats, meet the team and ask anything, with zero obligation.