RYA Coastal Skipper

The RYA Coastal Skipper Course is an advanced course for skippers to develop their passage planning and passage making.

Course Duration:

Five consecutive days live aboard.

Pre Requisites:

• 15 days on board

• 2 days as skipper

• 300 miles

• 8 night hours

• Boat handling to the standard of the Day Skipper Practical Sail Cruising Course

• Navigation to the standard of the RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased course

• RYA Short Range Certificate (recommended)

Course Structure

This five-day course is for the more ambitious sail cruising skipper wanting to undertake coastal passages by day and night. On the course each candidate will skipper a passage in a variety of situations and learn more about safety, passage planning, pilotage by day and night, boat handling and emergency situations. The course is taken in tidal waters and your certificate will be endorsed accordingly. During the week you will skipper the yacht on a longer passage (25-50 miles), ideally in less or un-familiar waters than you already know. Our instructor will be on hand to guide you when required. We often mix Coastal Skipper Students with Competent Crew students (as there would not be time for everyone to skipper a suitable passage if the boat was all Coastal Skippers Candidates). It is also a great opportunity for the Competent Crews to experience some proper offshore or coastal yachting.

Useful Information

5 days instruction from a Yachtmaster Instructor,

• Yacht, gas and diesel

• Accommodation on board

• Meals and snacks on board

• Loan of a life jacket and wet weather gear

• RYA Coastal Skipper Sail certificate

• Free parking

• Berthing fees