RYA Coastal Skipper Sail

AIM: An advanced course for skippers to develop their passage planning and passage making.

DURATION: Five consecutive days live aboard. To ensure quality we do not offer this course over twin weekends. It would be unrealistic to achieve what is required if we had to return to base and start again half way through the course. This course will contain some longer passages.

PRE REQUISITES:

·     15 days on board

·     2 days as skipper

·     300 miles

·     8 night hours

·     Boat handling to the standard of the Day Skipper Practical Sail Cruising Course

·     Navigation to the standard of the Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased Course

·     RYA Short Range Certificate (recommended)

COURSE CONTENT: This five-day course is for the more ambitious sail cruising skipper wanting to undertake coastal passages by day and night. On the course each candidiate will skipper a passage in a variety of situations and learn more about safety, passage planning, pilotage by day and night, boat handling and emergency situations. The course is taken in tidal waters and your certificate will be endorsed accordingly. During the week you will skipper the yacht on a longer passage (25-60 miles), ideally in less or un-familiar waters than you already know. Our instructor will be on hand to guide you when required. We often mix Coastal Skipper Students with Competent Crew students as there would not be time for everyone to skipper a suitable passage if the boat was all Coastal Skippers Candidtaes. It is also a great opportunity for the Competent Crews to experience some proper offshore or coastal yachting.