Online Course -  RYA Day Skipper Theory                       << back to list of courses

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Duration:  Approx. 40hrs. 

This can be taken anytime, anywhere and at your

own speed, delivered by Navathome, an RYA

Recognised Training Centre specialising in online training.


Internet Access - 6 months to complete your course with optional extension period of £30.


Previous Experience Required: None. Basic Safety & Navigation would be useful.


Certification: At the end of successful completion of the course students are awarded with an RYA Day Skipper theory course certificate.


Course Overview: This course equips you with enough knowledge to navigate around familiar waters by day. A basic knowledge of lights is also included to introduce you to night cruising.


Cost: £285.00


How to pay for this course: Fill in a booking form and make full payment. Once these have been received you will be emailed with your username and password to access the course.


Try it for FREE and see how it works: This free trial covers sections out of the Day Skipper, Coastal Yachtmaster and Yachtmaster Ocean courses. Click here >>


What's Included: All course materials including the Day Skipper study pack. Which includes a chart, course handbook, exercises and an electronic chart plotter CD and training almanac. Along with full support of an RYA instructor by email. (Pack takes approx. 3-5 days to arrive).


The RYA Day Skipper theory course  is designed for those of you who have little or no experience of the theory side of helming a sailing yacht or motor boating. During the course you will cover the basics of inshore and coastal navigation. Including pilotage, chartwork, position fixing, plotting a course to steer, weather forecasting, a knowledge of tides and the International Regulations for Prevention of Collision at Sea.


Course topics include:

  1. •the basics of seamanship

  2. •the essentials of coastal navigation and pilotage

  3. •chartwork

  4. •electronic charts

  5. •position fixing

  6. •plotting a course to steer

  7. •weather forecasting and meteorology

  8. •tides

  9. •collision regulations

  10. •construction, parts and equipment of a cruising boat

  11. •emergency and safety procedures including distress calls,use of flares, safety harnesses, lifejackets and liferafts.

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