RYA Day Skipper

RYA Day Skipper offers an excellent way to spend time improving your skills and knowledge of all aspects of life at sea whilst skippering a motor cruiser during short day and night time passages. This qualification is highly recommended for anyone who owns or regularly uses a motor cruiser.

In addition to the practical side of motor cruising, RYA Day Skipper helps you get the best from your modern electronic aids such as GPS and radar, and enables you to know what to do in an emergency. With expert guidance from your friendly Urban Truant instructor you will helm a motor cruiser both in close quarters situations and at high speed. You’ll practice your skippering skills, ensuring your crew are safe, happy and able to be a valuable member of your on-board team. Your navigational skills will also be tested as you plan and put into practice short and longer passages, and pilotage of busy rivers, anchorages and marinas.

Armed with your RYA Day Skipper qualification, you will feel more confident taking charge of a motor cruiser and improve your ability to deal with a range of scenarios.

Course Structure

•Preparation for sea

•High speed manoeuvres

•Close quarters boat handling

•Navigation

•Passage making and pilotage

•Meteorology

•Rules of the road

•Engines

•Emergency situations

•Night cruising