RYA Day Skipper

This course is for those who have some experience of sailing as crew and who wish to go on to skipper boats on short passages by day. The course concentrates on boat handling under power and sail, navigation, pilotage and the skills necessary to skipper a boat. Before attending this course, you should ideally have achieved 100 miles at sea with five days on board and carried out a night passage. This will qualify you to apply for an International Certificate of Competence, a certificate which a lot of charter companies, particularly abroad, expect you to hold before they will let you have a boat.

The minimum age for the award of the certificate is 16. The award can be gained for both non-tidal and tidal waters.