RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship

This course is an introduction to navigation and safety awareness for new, inexperienced or rusty skippers and crew. It is a great course for beginners and occasional water users, personal watercraft (PWC) users, keel boat sailors, sea anglers, wind surfers, canoeists, dinghy sailors, etc.

Course Structure

Charts and publications

•Safety

•Engine checks

•Bouyage

•Tidal awareness

•Visual and electronic navigation

•GPS Navigation

•Pilotage

•Rules of the road

•Anchoring

•Weather forecasts

•Passage planning