RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore Theory

Weekend or weekday 5 day RYA training courses, based in Southampton, Hamble and Lancashire

Advanced training for more experienced skippers building on the Day Skipper course. This course equips you to navigate safely on coastal and offshore passages. It allows some time for revision of the basics and then moves on to advanced navigation techniques.

Knowledge and understanding of this syllabus is the minimum requirement prior to participating in the Sail or Motor Cruising practical courses or undertaking the MCA Yachtmaster Coastal and Offshore exams.

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.

Many practical navigation and seamanship exercises are included with much of the learning coming from classroom discussion about real world scenarios.

The syllabus includes position fixing, course shaping and plotting, tidal knowledge, use of almanacs and admiralty publications, electronic position finding equipment, taking and interpreting forecasts, plotting weather systems, weather predictions using a barometer and by observation, collision regulations, and customs and excise regulations for cruising abroad