RYA Day Skipper
RNLI College, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay Road, Poole
POA
EnquireSchool Shell Bay Watersports
Location RNLI College, Royal National Lifeboat...
Duration 40 hour(s)
Dates Contact for more info
Accommodation None Included
A comprehensive introduction to cruising for inexperienced skippers. This course equips you with enough knowledge to navigate around familiar waters by day. A basic knowledge of lights is also included to introduce you to night cruising.
Course Structure
The basics of seamanship, the essentials of coastal navigation and pilotage, chartwork, electronic charts position fixing, plotting a course to steer, weather forecasting and meteorology, tides, collision regulations, construction, parts and equipment of a cruising boat, emergency and safety procedures including distress calls,use of flares, safety, harnesses, lifejackets and liferafts.