This course is designed for all boating people and could make the difference between a lovely day out only to be ruined by an engine failing to start or breaking down. 

 

It will give you the basic skills and the confidence to look after and maintain a typical 4 stroke outboard engine.

 

This course will be very much ‘hands on’ and pitched according to your current knowledge or further your current skills, even if you have never held a spanner in the past.

 

The course instructors are our very own qualified Equipment Officers/Engineers who work full time here at Plas Menai in our large, on-site, well equipped workshop.

 

The RYA does not currently offer a ‘specific’ outboard engine maintenance & servicing course, however as an RYA recognised training centre that already offers the Diesel Engine Course here at Plas Menai we have designed a course along the RYA diesel engine course syllabus aimed at 4 stroke petrol outboard engine maintenance.

 

The outboard engine differences between 2&4 stroke , General servicing and maintenance, Fault finding/Common faults, Routine checks, cleaning & greasing, Electrical systems & Battery, Fuel systems & Filters, Lubrication System, Propellers, Changing gearbox oil, Water pump inspection and changing and Fresh water flushing.

 

You will need to supply your own overalls/clothing that you don't mind getting dirty along with some stout footwear/boots, any other PPE will be provided.

 

The course will be presented in English, however a translator can be provided for those wishing to learn through the medium of Welsh. Please specify this at the point of booking.