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Duration: 7 Days (Monday to Sunday) classroom & workshop
Previous Experience Required: None
Cost: £680
Location: Fareham (apart from the rigging day which is at Hamble)
The Yacht Maintenance course is for any person wishing to gain knowledge of how to maintain vessels or for those wanting to update their skills. The course combines hands on practical activities with classroom theory.
This course is run in conjunction with Paragon Skills for Industry, who are the second largest provider of maritime engineering training in the UK. The course is an intensive seven day hands-on practical which will equip each student with the basic fault-finding and problem-solving skills needed by a skipper together with knowledge to carry out routine maintenance tasks such as painting, antifouling, varnishing and GRP repairs.
Course Content
| Electrical (One Day) |
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Engine (Two Days) |
- How it works
- How to measure electricity
- Producing electricity
- Means of charging
- Circuits: covering, basic circuits, starting motor circuits
- Battery care
- Practically wiring a circuit with lights, circuit breakers, bus bars
- Fault finding on these after you make them
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- Different types of drive
- Fuel systems
- Day to day checks
- Winterisation
- Commissioning
- Fault finding
- Get me home answers
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| Plumbing (One Day) |
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Rigging & Deck Hardware (One Day) |
- Maintenance
- Servicing
- Seacocks
- Skin fittings
- Black tanks
- Fresh water tanks
- Pipe work
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- Winches
- Jammers
- Standard/running rigging
- Rig setting
- Splicing
- Whipping
- Mast stepping
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| G.R.P (1.5 Day) |
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Painting (Half Day) |
- Tools and equipment
- Materials
- Panel making
- Internal repair
- External repair
- Gel repairs
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- Processes
- Tools
- Varnishing
- Glossing
- Antifouling
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Course Dates
| 2012 Yacht Maintenance Course Dates |
| 5th - 11th March |
5th - 11th November
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2nd - 8th July
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 16:40 |
Yacht Maintenance Course
