RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore Theory

RYA Coastal / Yachtmaster Theory Course is an advanced course in navigation and meteorology for candidates for the Coastal and Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate. The syllabus makes some provision for the revision of subjects in the Day Skipper Course but those who have not acquired the knowledge set out in the Day Skipper Course are unlikely to be able to assimilate all the subjects covered in this advanced course in the time available. Therefore the assumed knowledge before starting this course is the Day Skipper Shorebased Course.

Course Structure

Syllabus includes:

•Position / GPS / Chart plotters

•The Magnetic Compass

•Tides / Tidal heights & streams / Interpolation

•Buoyage / Lights

•Pilotage / Passage planning

•Meteorology

•Rules of the Road (IRPCS)

•Safety at Sea / Marine Environment

•Navigation in restricted visability