RYA Day Skipper

This RYA Day Skipper practical course will advance your skills of pilotage, navigation, seamanship and boat handling up to the standard required to skipper a cruising yacht by day in tidal waters.

This Day Skipper practical course is ideal for those with sound crewing and sailing ability and who have spent at least 5 days at sea (preferrably including 4 night hours) and have logged 100 miles. Our shorebased RYA Day Skipper Theory course will provide you with necessary navigation skills and theoretical knowledge to give you access to this part of the Day Skipper practical course.

By the end of the course you should be able to comfortably skipper a small yacht in familiar waters by day.

Course Structure

We include everything you will need with your course fee :

5 days Top Notch Tuition !!

Accommodation on board with pillow!

All food on board - three meals a day plus snacks and refreshments

Home baked bread and cakes (when Lou is able!)

All mooring fees and marina costs

Use of waterproof clothing

Use of personal safety equipment

Any incurred fuel costs

Free extra days if you do not reach the required standard (see Free Re-Sit Guarantee)

Topics for this course include the following (review the full syllabus)

Preparation for sea

Deck work

Navigation and pilotage

Meteorology

Rules of the road - IRPCS

Maintenance and repair work including engines

Emergency situations

Yacht handling under power

Yacht handling under sail

Passage making and night cruising

Skippering!

The course will start and end at Gosport Marina - PO12 1AH

We typically visit some of these ports and harbours

Cowes

Hamble

Southampton

Beaulieu

Yarmouth

Lymington

Chichester

Poole

Useful Information

Before attending the Day Skipper Practical, and in order to take advantage of our Pay Once and Pass Guarantee, you should already be at a 'Competent Crew' standard

Although we appreciate you may need a refresher, you should already be able to:

Prepare Mooring lines, secure to cleats and tie the requisite knots

Hoist, lower and trim sails using associated winches

Steer a compass course under power and sail

Helm on all points of sail - preferably around a triangular course

The minimum age required to attend this course is 16 years