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Old 28 September 2011, 10:19   #1
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Rough Weather/Hi Speed training course ???

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does anyone know of any good reputable Hi Speed / heavy weather handling courses ? and if so do they hold a recognised qualification on completion of the course??? the only ones i can find are with the RNLI and Spectre Marine in Sweden. look forward to hearing any suggestions
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Old 28 September 2011, 12:09   #2
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not 100% sure if this is what your looking for but neil holmes dos a range of Racing training courses which maybe as close as you will get, he is also RYA affiliated Welcome to The Neil Holmes Powerboat Training Academy - Southampton - Hampshire - UK I havent done anything with him so i cant comment on how good or bad it is.
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problem is how you ensure rough weather for the dates you are booking your course?
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andyxs, thanks for that, its certainly worth looking into ! starovich, never seems to be a problem getting the rough weather here in Ireland
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Old 28 September 2011, 14:03   #5
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Have a look here: http://www.rib.net/forum/f8/rough-wa...rse-31512.html

I have to ask though - are you not mostly driving ribs in relatively sheltered sea loughs or inland waters? (presumably NI-EA don't need to go out in open seas very often?). Presumably in really bad conditions sampling is difficult and the prudent decision is to stay on land? If I followed your other discussion you are already trained to APB level, and using some pretty serious boats. Do you really need more training?
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If it's rough you want, Red Bay Powerboating do a Rough Water Course, dunno about fast though

Charles keeps a decent supply of rough water on hand just round the corner at Rathlin for these courses. He has to turn it off when Tom is going to Ardbeg though. Tom likes Special Water for that.....
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I met Charles from Redbay Powerboating at Weekend, very nice chap and originally from Scotland...

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Thanks guys, Charles from red bay has done some training with in past so i must give him a shout ! Also it would surprise you how rough those sheltered sea loughs can get, especially if you have a strong southerly wind against tide in Strangford Lough or even around Rathlin ! I believe you can never have enough training, but its always safety first !!!
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Charles is the man to teach you and I know he has something special up his sleeve for later on AP
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Thanks for that Alan, sent Charles off an email to enquire about his course !
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Rough weather training

If i was local to Redbay i would blag a ride on the 1050 with Tom as driver in a F8.

I think you would have learned all there is to know about heavy weather handling by the time you would have gotten to Rathlin.

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for rough weather id go to MRI at Stonehaven they do it for a living. rough weather is very different to high speed work so I think you should think about two seperate courses and i'd definitely get my high speed course through neil holmes
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Sorry for the confusion, when i stud rough weather/high speed course i meant two separate stand alone courses ! I appreciate all the recommendations so for
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