RYA Day Skipper

The RYA Day Skipper Practical course has a three fold flexible study plan. It can be completed on a 5-day course, 3 weekends, or a 2 day plus a 3 day weekend. The RYA Day Skipper Practical course you will get a chance to improve and practice your practical sailing skills and the man-over-board, sailing onto mooring buoys, coming along side and anchoring evolutions. You will be skippering for the first time, putting the navigation skills you learnt on the Day Skipper Theory course into practice.

When you successfully complete the RYA Day Skipper Practical Course, you will be able to navigate and skipper a small yacht in familiar waters by day. This qualification is normally a must for chartering a yacht as skipper anywhere in the world. Holders of the RYA Day Skipper Practical qualification can and should apply for an International Certificate of Competence (ICC).