RYA Day Skipper

Learn to skipper a short passage with the instructor on hand to give advice and encouragement and ensure your safety. Experience being in charge, taking credit when it all goes well and being responsible when it doesn’t.

Before this course, if you are not sure that you sailing is up to speed, a good way to learn is on an RYA Level 2 dinghy course. This will teach you to sail around a course and control the boat’s speed. Although not something we cater for, this course is widely available all over the UK and abroad.

If it’s help with navigation that you need, you should take our Day Skipper Combo course which combines both the practical and theory elements.

There are many charter companies that will allow you to charter a yacht after successfully completing this course, making it the gateway to your ambition of being in sole charge of a boat.

Course Structure

Preparation for sea, deck work, navigation, pilotage, meteorology, rules of the road, maintenance and repair work, engines, victualling, emergency situations, yacht handling under power, yacht handling under sail, passage making, night cruising.