RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship

This course offers a great introduction to navigation and safety awareness for new, inexperienced or rusty skippers and crew. 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, such as the Powerboat Level 2, Start Yachting and Helmsman courses.

Course Structure

•Charts and Publications

•Safety

•Engine checks

•Buoyage

•Tidal awareness

•Visual and electronic navigation

•Pilotage

•Rules of the road

•Anchoring

•Weather forecasts

•Passage planning

Useful Information

It’s a highly informative course with lots of opportunities for you to put your new found knowledge into practice. This is an online course provided through RYA Interactive, you will find many interactive exercises to help reinforce the information and lots of chances to try out what you’ve learned.