Duration: 5 consecutive days or 3 weekends.

Previous Experience Required:

Knowledge of navigation to RYA Day Skipper theory level.

Certification: At the end of the course students are awarded with an RYA Coastal Skipper theory / Yachtmaster Offshore theory course certificate.

Course Overview: This course will take your theory knowledge to the standard required for the Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore practical exams, concentrating on advanced navigation and meteorology skills.

Cost:  £375.00.

Itinerary: 0900 until approximately 1700.

What's Included:

All course materials including the Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore study pack.

Teas & coffees available.

The RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster theory course is an advanced course that builds on the knowledge gained on the shorebased Day Skipper. During the course you will be taught advanced navigation techniques - position fixing, course shaping and plotting, tidal knowledge including secondary port calculations, navigation in restricted visibility, Admiralty publications and electronic position finding equipment. The meteorology tuition includes the taking and interpretation of forecasts, plotting of weather systems and weather prediction. The International Regulations for Prevention of Collision at Sea are also taught for day, night and restricted visibility.

Course topics include:

1. •position fixing
   

2. •course shaping and plotting
   

3. •tidal knowledge
   

4. •use of almanacs and admiralty publications
   

5. •electronic position finding equipment
   

6. •taking and interpreting forecasts
   

7. •plotting weather systems
   

8. •weather predictions using a barometer and by observation
   

9. •collision regulations
   

10. •customs and excise regulations for cruising abroad
    

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