RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship

Our Essential Navigation and Seamanship course offers a great introduction to navigation and safety awareness for new or inexperienced skippers and crew, plus those wanting to refresh their skills. In fact, it's for anyone interested in sailing, motor boating, sea angling or diving, and works well in complementing our on-the-water training, 'Start Yachting'.

It's a highly informative course with lots of opportunities for you to put your new-found knowledge into practice. This course is available in the classroom or online. If you decide to take the course online, you will find many interactive exercises to help reinforce the information and lots of chances to try out what you've learned.

You will receive a course pack which includes a chart, plotter, dividers, course handbook, exercises and an electronic chart plotter CD. Online the course will take around six hours, but the beauty of it is that you can work through it at your own speed, whenever and wherever you like.