RYA Radar Course                                                              << back to list of courses

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Duration: 1 Day.


Previous Experience Required: None.


Certification: At the end of the course students are awarded with an RYA Radar course certificate.


Course Overview: The International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea state that if you have a radar, you must know how to use it. On the course you will be taught setting up your radar and using the set effectively as a navigation aid as well as for collision avoidance.


Cost:  £115.00.


Itinerary: 0900 until approximately 1700.

What's Included:

All course materials including the RYA book "An introduction to Radar."

Teas & coffees available.

Radar is probably the most versatile of all electronic navigation aids.

The RYA Radar course starts from the very basics by looking at how the radar set works going on to demonstrate how set up and adjust the radar display for prevailing conditions. Other subjects covered include target definition, radar reflectors, types of radar displays, radar plotting and the use of radar for navigation and collision avoidance.


The course can be conducted ashore using our RYA approved Radar Simulator Mk2 software or  afloat for own boat tuition.


Own boat tuition for radar instruction is provided on the following basis:-

  1. •The vessel is insured by the owner for loss, damage and legal liability to third parties.

  2. •The owner remains the skipper and legally responsible for the safe management of the vessel at all times (including when under tuition) and will not hold the instructor responsible for any loss or damage.

  3. •The owner undertakes to secure the consent of this agreement.

  4. •Own boat tuition will only be undertaken on a vessel owned by the person attending the course.

  5. •The vessel carries the appropriate level of safety equipment as recommended by the RYA.

  6. •Ratio is max 4 persons.


Course topics include:

  1. •how the radar set works

  2. •how its adjustments and features affect the way it works

  3. •target definition

  4. •radar reflectors

  5. •types of radar display

  6. •radar plotting

  7. •the use of radar in navigation and collision avoidance



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