SAIL CRUISING SCHEME (Sailing Yacht)
The Sail Cruising Scheme is aimed at those who sail aboard yachts. Typically sailing yachts will have sleeping and cooking facilities on board and generally (but not always) be fitted with an auxiliary engine. Most of courses take place on yachts of 11m-13m. During courses the students and instructor all eat and sleep on board, however crews do spend the odd evening in a watering hole along the way.
If your interest lies in smaller open sailing boats then please click dinghy sailing scheme. Most sail cruising courses last five days, they can be taken as a Monday to Friday course or spread over weekends. In addition to the practical courses there are a number of Shorebased courses that will help develop your skills and make you a safer and more self reliant sailor/skipper.
Course titles are given below. For further details, dates, prices and to book click on the individual course titles below. Practical courses are in blue, shorebased courses in red.
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RYA Competent Crew
RYA Day Skipper Shorebased
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SRC (VHF Radio) Diesel Day Skipper (sail) Sea Survival First Aid
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RYA ICC Sail Cruising / Mile-building
RYA Coastal Skipper Shorebased
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RYA Radar shorebasedRYA Coastal Skipper Practical (sail)
Sail Cruising / Mile-building
MCA-RYA Coastal Skipper Prep & Exam (sail)
Yachtmaster Offshore Qualifying passages/ mile-building
MCA-RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Prep & Exam (sail)
RYA Cruising Instructor (sail)RYA Ocean Yachtmaster Shorebased
RYA Ocean Yachtmaster Oral Exam