RYA Advanced Pilotage

This advanced level course is aimed Day Skippers wishing to enhance their skills or progress towards their RYA Coastal Skipper. It also meets the needs of those who have recently converted from sail to power, by sharpening their skills with day and night time navigation and high speed pilotage.

This course includes time spent in the classroom at our well-equipped facilities at Swanwick Marina, and a wide range of practical activities on the water.

Course Structure

•Passage planning and pilotage

•Passage making and responsibility as a skipper (daylight hours)

•High speed manoeuvres

•Close quarters boat handling

•Use of radar

•Dealing with adverse weather conditions

•Dealing with emergency situations

•Night cruising