RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship

The RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship Course is a great online course for anyone interested in sailing, power boating, sea angling or diving, or anything else on the water! This RYA Online Theory Course will give you the essential knowledge needed when you’re afloat, from navigation to safety and seamanship and passage planning.

Course Structure

Essential Navigation & Seamanship Course Contents:

RYA Navigation TrainingThis is a great RYA course to take as it goes into much more detail about aspects of safety, boat types, weather, navigation, charts, collision regulations, etc, than can be achieved over the duration of a short practical course.

Whilst this is an ideal course for a RYA Powerboat Level 2 ‘graduates’ to take to build on their knowledge, equally if you intend taking a Day Skipper (either sail or power) practical course this is an excellent platform for developing your knowledge further.

Course topics include:

•Visual and Electronic Navigation

•Passage Planning

•Engine Checks

•Tidal Awareness

•Charts and Publications

•Passage Planning

•Safety

•Buoyage

•Rules of the Road

•Weather Forecasts

•Pilotage

Useful Information

The course of training is equally applicable for sail or power boaters plus divers and sea anglers. The course also suits those who are new to boating and are keen to spend time developing their theoretical knowledge. In addition this RYA navigation and Seamanship Course is a perfect step after Powerboat Level 2 or ahead of the Intermediate Powerboat.