RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship
2 Stanley Road, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 3SH, United Kingdom,
150 GBP (£)
EnquireSchool NavRad Training
Location 2 Stanley Road, Lymington, Hampshire,...
Duration 16 hour(s)
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Accommodation None Included
An introduction to navigation and safety awareness and is ideal for anyone going afloat on inshore waters. Whether your interest is sailing, motor boating including RIBs and other small powerboats, sea angling and diving. If you are new, inexperienced or rusty skipper or crew, this is the course for you.
During the course you will be introduced to the basics of navigation including charts, almanacs and other publications, tidal awareness and the use of electronic navigation aids such as GPS, harbour entry/departure pilotage, buoyage, the Rules of the Road so you know who should give way. You will also spend time looking at weather information and the impact this could have on your passage and what safety equipment should be carried and how it is used.