Dick Alsopp is fantastic, but his course focuses more on motorboat driving skills and less on the race management aspect.

My course assumes you know how to handle a small motor boat already and goes from there:
- Terminology and Rules
- Safety
- Radio Usage
- Tools of the Trade - Wind Meters / GPS / Hand Bearing Compasses
- Marks and Ground Tackle
- Setting Techniques
- During the Race
- Post Race
- Psychology

A great inspiration was the "Mark Laying Duties and Procedures" manual from the 2008 Olympics.

The last page (Mark Boat Officer Certification) is impressive:
To obtain this certification mark boat officers must be able to consistently demonstrate performance of the following in rough conditions of open water, winds up to 25 knots with 2 m waves and current up to 3 knots in any direction

Boat handling - be able to:
1 operate a power boat in rough conditions
2 standby 5m – 10m from a fixed object (an anchored mark)
3 standby 5m – 10m from a drifting object (yacht or person)
4 steer to a given compass direction.
5 steer to a waypoint given the bearing and distance from a reference position.
6 steer to a waypoint given by latitude and longitude.
7 come along side an anchored boat in reasonable wind and sea conditions to safely transfer objects and people.
8 come along side a wharf or jetty.
9 anchor in the intended position taking into account current, wind, waves and water depth.
10 retrieve the boat’s anchor using a retrieval ball within 2 minutes of being given the instruction.

Mark Laying - be able to:
11 inflate and deflate marks in no longer time than would be taken on land.
12 lay a mark within 20m of a given position consistently, without problems within 2 minutes, with the mark upright and with allowance made for current, waves and wind.
13 retrieve a mark (anchored in 30 m of water) when standing nearby within two minutes of being given the instruction.
14 retrieve a mark using the retrieval buoy method.
15 read the supplied tables to obtain the distance and bearing to the reference point of each mark of the course given the course axis and the distance to mark 1
16 stream and tow a mark to facilitate dropping in a desired position. (e.g. for a gate mark, start mark or finish mark)
17 be one of two boats to lay a pair of gate marks the correct distance apart and at the correct angle, with allowance made for current, waves and wind.
18 correct a gate mark position to achieve the correct orientation and distance.
19 replace a mark with a small buoy and vice versa.

GPS Usage – be able to:
20 enter a latitude and longitude of a given position.
21 enter the boats position into the GPS using the Mark function (“ping” a position)
22 rename waypoints
23 save a new waypoint given a range and bearing from an existing waypoint
24 use the MOB function to identify a reference position
25 retrieve from the GPS the latitude and longitude of saved waypoints and present position.
Laser Range Finder Usage – be able to:
26 Set a laser range finder to metres and be able to use it to find the distance to an object.
Recording – be able to:
27 measure and record wind speed and direction from a drifting boat and graph to obtain trends.
28 measure and record current data
(i) using a tide stick
(ii) using the GPS in strong current.
29 record mark roundings with times.

Using a radio – be able to:
30 use correct procedures when transmitting and receiving radio communications.

Signal RRS information during a race – be able to:
31 anchor in the correct position to signal a course change, or Flag O/R or (shorten course), Flag M
32 know the correct flags and signals (visual and sound)
33 signal Postponement or abandonment.
34 display the correct signal within 30 seconds of the instruction.

These guys are the real BIMBOs.