RYA Competent Crew

If you have completed the ‘Start Yachting’ course then the ‘Competent Crew’ course can be completed in two further weekends.

The aim of this course is to introduce the complete beginner to cruising and to teach personal safety, seamanship and helmsmanship to the level required to be a useful member of the crew of a cruising yacht.

The course is planned to give you as much fun and enjoyment as possible. While you cruise you will learn about safety at sea and will be given lots of opportunities to master the seamanship skills of steering, changing sails, reefing and tying the essential knots.

Living onboard throughout the 5-day course each night is spent in a new place, allowing you to experience the delights of a real cruise. You will visit many of the quiet bays, anchorage's and yacht harbours of Moreton Bay of the southeast corner of Qld and in the evenings there is time to relax and reflect on the events of the day.

By the end of this course the successful Competent Crew will have sufficient knowledge and skill to be a useful and able crewmember.

Course Structure

What will I learn?

• How to actively participate as Crew • Correct ways to drop the anchor

• How to understand weather forecasts & interpret them. • How to tie specialist Knots

• Personal safety. • Distress signals.

• How to prepare the yacht for light to medium winds in enclosed waters