RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship

This course is available in the classroom.

If 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 Powerboat Level 2 and Helmsman courses.

This is 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 topics include:

•Charts and Publications

•Engine checks

•Buoyage

•Tidal awareness

•Visual and electronic

•Pilotage

•Rules of the road

•Anchoring

•Weather forecasts

•Passage planning

•Safety

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How long is the course?

In the classroom, the course is taught over 16 hours with exercises and continual assessment along the way.