RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship

The first step in the cruising scheme theory pathway, this excellent course gives a basic introduction to navigation and safety for anyone new to boating: sailors, power-boaters, sea anglers, divers and boat-masters. Also useful for experienced dinghy and keelboat sailors and inshore racers.

We will cover: Charts and publications, safety, buoyage, tidal awareness, basic navigation and pilotage, rules of the road, electronic navigation, anchoring, weather forecasts, passage planning.

This is an online course; you will receive a course pack which includes a chart, plotter, dividers, course handbook, exercises and an electronic chart plotter CD which can either be collected or sent out by post.

All you need is a computer with an internet connection.

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£60 deposit.