Powerboat Equipment
Highfield Patrol 760
The Highfeld Patrol 760 is a 7.63m, aluminium hull Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) powered by twin Suzuki DF150 outboard engines.
Called GEMINI, this piece of equipment is the jewel in PPSA Crown and is equipped with a complete suite of electronics including RADAR, VHF/DSC Marine Radio, Chartplotter and AIS. She is a commercially coded vessel and used to deliver all elements of the RYA Powerboat Scheme up to and including charters for the Advanced Helm Certificate of Competence.
She offers diversity and different skills sets to the standard single engine boats used by others.
4.8M Ribcraft
This is the Rigid Inflatable Boat used for the delivery of the RYA Powerboat Level 1 and 2 Courses. Fitted with a Suzuki DF50 HP Engine, it packs plenty of punch for this course.
THOR also allows PPSA to deliver a multi-skilled experience during the delivery of Powerboat Instructor Courses
Sailing Equipment
Beneteau First Class 8
The First Class 8 (FC8) is a One-Design Keelboat designed in 1982 by Group Finot and Jacques Fouroux to be constructed at Beneteau’s shipyard. It was one of Europe’s most competitive sailing classes, with more than 1,000 units sold between 1982 and 1994.
The FC8 is a long boat compared with its competitors such as the J24 from America. It has straight lines for a boat of that age. Unlike IOR hull shapes of its time it does not have with huge beam, flared bows, and pinched sterns. The boat’s lines lend themselves to a dinghy style planing hull, as opposed to digging a hole in the ocean which was a characteristic of the mid period IOR boats. The FC8 has a lot of wetted surface area which makes it slow in light air.
From Start Sailing to Sailing with Spinnakers Courses, VALKYRIE offers all elements of the RYA National Sailing Scheme in Keelboats.
