RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship

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

It's a highly informative course with lots of opportunities for you to put your new found knowledge into practice. 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.

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

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.