RYA Coastal Skipper

The Coastal Skippering week is full of advanced skippering techniques for yachtsmen and women with considerable knowledge of sailing and navigation, wanting to undertake coastal passages by day and night.

Like the Day Skipper course, this course consists of skippered passages in a variety of situations. Each trainee will skipper more challenging passages and learn more about passage planning, pilotage by day and night, boat handling, safety and emergency situations.

It is a satisfying but intensive week, with candidates often working towards a Certificate of Competence. We tend to take longer passages, often going further afield to Northern Ireland or indeed, even to Wales!

Coastal Skippers should be able to undertake more difficult passages by day and night and handle the yacht in more demanding conditions. By the end of the course you should have the knowledge, if not the experience, to become a Yachtmaster. Students can then look towards achieving their RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Coastal certificate of competence.

Syllabus...

•Intricate Passage Planning

•Preperation for Offshore Passages

•Pilotage plans for entering into harbours and coves by day and night

•In depth skippering including all responsibilities

•Advanced Yacht Handling under power

•Heavy weather sailing and preperation

•Understanding how to abandon a vessel.

The Boat...

This course is held on board our reflex 38 Yacht, 'Lynx' for further information, click here.

Sailing Gear...

We provide foul weather waterproofs from Gill Marine, though you will need to bring with you enough clothing for two days and a sleeping bag.

Useful Information

The course fee is €689 + (RYA set Examiners Fee £205 per person) + Examiners Expenses (roughly €30)