Back to Basics Part 7: Dealing with Emergencies
In Part 7 of our Back to Basics boating series, Paul Glatzel explains essential emergency procedures, including kill cord use,…
Paul Glatzel
Paul Glatzel is an RYA powerboat and personal watercraft trainer and wrote the RYA Powerboat Handbook and the RYA Advanced Powerboat Handbook. He runs Powerboat Training UK and Marine Education in Poole and Lymington, and is our key tuition writer, producing informative and educational articles and videos for Powerboat & RIB for many years.
Articles from Paul
Back to Basics Part 6: Marina Handling
In Part 6 of our Back to Basics series, Paul Glatzel explains marina handling, twin-engine techniques and the practical APE…
Back to Basics Part 5: Boat handling tips
In Part 5 of our Back to Basics series, Paul Glatzel explains the fundamentals of boat handling in marinas, covering…
Back to Basics Part 4: Buoys and Pilotage Explained for Safer Powerboat Navigation
In Part 4 of the Back to Basics series, Paul Glatzel explains buoyage and pilotage, showing how understanding buoys, charts…
Back to Basics Part 3: Understanding tides for safe powerboating
In part three of the Back to Basics series, Paul Glatzel explains how tides work, why spring and neap tides…
Back to Basics Part 2: Interpreting charts and chartplotters for safe powerboating
In Part 2 of the Back to Basics series, Paul Glatzel explains how to interpret marine charts and chartplotter displays,…
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Back to Basics – Part 1: The ‘COLREGs’
Paul Glatzel begins a new back-to-basics series with a clear, practical guide to COLREGs, explaining how skippers can assess risk…
Learn to Deal with Rough Conditions at Sea
Paul Glatzel discusses some of the strategies that can/should be employed in difficult weather conditions … Knowing how to deal…
Launch and recover like a pro
Paul Glatzel discusses the subject of launch and recovery.
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