RYA Coastal Skipper

The RYA Coastal Skipper course aims to provide the knowledge and skills required to skipper a yacht and manage a crew in unfamiliar waters, by day and night.

Over the 5 days your instructor will take you through more advanced maneuvres under sail, tricky berthing situations, and advanced boat handling. The level of navigation and theory is higher too – most people will come on this course having completed a Coastal/Yachtmaster Shorebased course.

This course can be followed with an RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Coastal Exam if required, which can in turn be commercially endorsed. The RYA Charge a separate fee for this, and an external examiner will need to come down. We usually undertake some longer passages out of the Solent on this course, with destinations including Chichester harbour and the waters to the East of the Solent, and Poole, Weymouth, Christchurch and other areas to the West of the Solent.

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Age requirements: 11 to 17 accompanied by parent or guardian. Over 18 – no guardian required!

Experience for RYA Coastal Skipper: 15 days, 2 days as skipper, 300 miles, 8 night hour. A knowledge of navigation to RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster theory level

Experience for RYA Yachtmaster Coastal: 20 days at sea, 400 miles, 2 days as skipper, 12 night hours, SRC, First Aid, minimum age – 18. A knowledge of navigation to RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster theory level

Duration: 5 days, Fri to Wed. Start time of the course 18.00 Fri, end time of the course 15.00 Wed, one more day for MCA Endorsement

What’s included: All food on board, fuel, marina fees, pillow and pillow case

What’s not included: Sleeping bag hire (available at £15 per 5 days), wet weather gear hire (available at £25 per 5 days)