RYA Day Skipper

A course for aspiring skippers with some yachting experience and basic navigation and sailing skills.

Learn to skipper a short passage with the instructor on hand to give advice and encouragement and ensure your safety. Your certificate will be endorsed as having been taken in tidal waters. By the end of the course you should be able to skipper a small yacht in familiar waters by day.

Pre-course experience: 5 days, 100 miles, 4 night hours on board a sailing yacht

Minimum course duration: 5 days

Minimum age: 16

You should have the knowledge equivalent to RYA Day Skipper theory