RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship

RYA ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION COURSE AIMS:

To provide a basic awareness and understanding of navigation and safety. This course is for dinghy sailors, keelboaters, powerboaters, jet ski riders and divers.

RYA ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION COURSE CONTENT:

The course provides an introduction to charts & publications, safety, buoyage, tidal awareness, basic navigation, pilotage, rules of the road, electronic navigation, anchoring, weather forecasts and passage planning.

RYA ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION COURSE PROGRAMME:

Essential Navigation Classroom Version

2 days of 0930-1730

Essential Navigation Online Version

Once you have booked, we will email you a web link and your password to the RYA Interactive Chieftain Training E-Learning Site. We will also post you the necessary training charts and instruments. You can begin the course straight away, it will take about six hours (in total) and can be done at times that suit you. You have up to six months to complete the course.

If you need help, our Instructors are available by email to answer questions and guide you through. This support service is included free of charge. On successful completition of the course we will post you your RYA certificate.

Course Structure

RYA ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION COURSE DURATION:

This course can be taken in the classroom or online;

Two days in our classroom OR

Six to nine hours online, in your own time

Useful Information

RYA ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION COURSE PRE REQUISITES:

There are no pre-requisites for this course, although it is most suitable for those who have been out in a boat at least a few times as guest or crew. The course is aimed equally at powerboaters, sailors, coastal rowers and divers.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN OUR RYA ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION COURSE:

2 RYA Training Charts

RYA Essential Navigation Book

Handy Plotter

RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship Certificate

Classroom Version

Instruction

Free on street parking

Tea/coffee

Online Version

Full access to the Interactive E-Learning Site

Access to the online RYA Training Almanac

Unlimited email support

Postage of the RYA pack and the certificate (to UK mainland).

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR RYA ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION COURSE:

Overseas postage- (click for charges)

MINIMUM COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ONLINE RYA ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION COURSE:

Minimum requirements:

Mac with Mac OS X 10.6 or later or

PC with Windows XP or later

not iPad or Android tablets

Minimum hardware:

1.0GHz Intel processor or better

128MB free RAM

100MB free hard disk space

32 bit colour graphics card

1024 x 768 screen resolution

Sound card and speakers or headphones

Minimum web browsers:

Internet Explorer 6 (in IE10 you may need to view the course in Compatibility Mode) or

Safari 4 or

Chrome or

Firefox 3

Software requirements:

Adobe Flash Player

JavaScript must be enabled in your web browser.

Bandwith:

A connection speed of 512kbps is required.

BOOKING THE ONLINE ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION COURSE:

If two or three of you enrol with the same postal address we are able to apply a small discount.