Private Boat Tuition and Powerboat Introduction - Weymouth

Private tuition at Jurassic Aqua Sports is built around what you actually need. Sessions take place on the water in the sheltered waters of Portland Harbour, giving you real conditions without the pressure of open sea sailing. Your instructor will work through the areas that matter most to you, at a pace that suits your experience and confidence.

Typical sessions cover some or all of the following:

Launching and recovering your vessel, preparing the boat and crew, close-quarters boat handling, picking up and securing to a mooring buoy, leaving and coming alongside pontoons, anchoring, man overboard procedures, and an introduction to chart plotters and GPS navigation. If you have specific goals, just let us know when you get in touch.

During the course you will cover the following:

• Confidence handling your own boat in a range of conditions
• Practical skills in close-quarters manoeuvring, including berthing and mooring
• Safe launch and recovery technique
• Man overboard response and recovery
• Basic GPS and chart plotter navigation, including use of Navionics
• The ability to assess conditions and make safer decisions on the water
• A clear picture of where to develop next, with honest instructor feedback

This 4-hour session is an introduction to the basics of boat handling, for two or more people booking together. It takes place with Jurassic Aqua Sports within the safety of Portland Harbour.

During the session you will cover the following:

• Essential pre-boat safety checks
• The use of basic controls
• How to steer and manoeuvre the boat from a pontoon
• How to control the boat at slow and fast speeds within the safety of Portland Harbour