RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore With Commercial Endorsement

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to chart work, navigation, meteorology and the basics of seamanship.

• Nautical Terms
• Rope work
• Anchor work
• Safety
• International regulations for preventing collisions at sea
• Definition of position, course and speed
• Navigational charts and publications
• Navigational drawing instruments
• Compass
• Chart work
• Tides and tidal streams
• Visual aids to navigation
• Meteorology
• Passage Planning
• Navigation in restricted visibility
• Pilotage
• Marine Environment

***RYA/MCA Day Skipper for Sail & Power Craft Shore Based Certificate***
(includes accommodation | excludes food)

This course is to teach pilotage, navigation, seamanship and boat handling up to the standard required to skipper a small cruising yacht safely by day in tidal waters with which the student is familiar.

• Preparation for sea
• Deck work
• Navigation
• Pilotage
• Meteorology
• Rules of the road
• Maintenance and repair work
• Engines
• Victualling
• Emergency Situations
• Yacht handling under power
• Yacht handling under sail
• Passage making

***RYA Practical Sailing Course Day Skipper Certificate***
(includes accommodation onboard and food)

Cover VHF Radio syllabus

*** SRC radio certificate***
(includes accommodation | excludes food)

***RYA Diesel Engine Certificate***
(includes accommodation | excludes food)

***Atlantic Yachting Deckhand Certificate***
(includes accommodation | excludes food)

Re-capping day skipper theory & practical aspects plus boat handling experience

(includes accommodation | includes food)

This is an advanced course in navigation and meteorology for candidates for the Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate. The syllabus makes some provision for the revision of subjects in the Day Skipper Course but those who have not acquired the knowledge set out in the Day Skipper Course are unlikely to be able to assimilate all the subjects covered in this advanced course in the timetable.

• Position
• Logs
• The magnetic compass
• Deck Log
• Tides
• Meteorology
• Tidal Streams
• Rules of the Road
• Buoy age
• Safety at Sea
• Lights
• Navigation in restricted visibility
• Pilotage
• Passage Plan
• GPS and chart plotter
• Marine Environment
• Echo sounders

***RYA/MCA Coastal Skipper & Yachtmaster Offshore Shore Based Certificate***
(includes accommodation | excludes food) 

The aim of the course is to teach the skills and techniques required to skipper a cruising yacht (7-15m LOA) safely on coastal and offshore passages by day and night

• Passage Planning
• Preparation for sea
• Pilotage
• Passage making ability as skipper
• Yacht handling under power
• Yacht handling under sail
• Adverse weather conditions
• Emergency situations

***RYA Practical Sailing Course Coastal Skipper Certificate***
(includes accommodation onboard and food)

***RYA Radar Certificate***
(includes accommodation | excludes food)

***RYA Power Boat Level 2 Power Boat Handling Certificate***
(includes accommodation | excludes food)

• Layout of a PW, controls, propulsion and steering system, fuel and oil, stowage compartment
• Personal equipment – wetsuits/dry suit, personal buoyancy, head and eye protection
• Pre-launch checks
• Essential safety information, kill-cord, safe speed, local hazards

Collision Avoidance:

• Rules of the road applicable to PWs
• Lookout
• Safe speed
• Priorities between different classes of vessels
• Overtaking, crossing and end-on approach rules
• Local rules, speed limits, prohibited areas

Orientation at Sea:

• Charts, scales, direction and distance
• Representation of land, shallows and deep water
• Buoys, lateral and cardinal
• Avoid shipping areas for water skiing etc.
• Tides, high and low water and tidal streams

Weather, Safety, Courtesy to other water users

• Sources and significance of weather forecasts
• Lee and water shores
• Safety and emergency equipment
• Courtesy to other water users
• Avoiding pollution ad disturbances and damage to wildlife habitats

***RYA Personal Watercraft Certificate of Proficiency***
(includes accommodation | excludes food)

(includes accommodation | excludes food)

• 50 days sea time
• 5 days as skipper
• 2500nm
• 5 passages over 60nm, including 2 overnight and 2 as skipper

***Signed off in logbook ~ should candidate meet required tasks***
(includes accommodation | includes food)

This course is designed to revise the theoretical and practical aspects of the RYA Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore Exams. It is assumed that all aspects of boat handling and theory are familiar to the students and only revision is required.

• COLREGS
• Practical navigation
• Boat Handling (sailing on and off docks, ferry gliding, blind navigation, picking up moorings, tidal stream work etc)
• General Seamanship
• Responsibilities of Skipper
• Safety checks & briefing

(includes accommodation onboard and food)

1 day passage plan

3 – 4 days practical exam

(We have allowed 3 – 4 days for the external exam to cover any unforeseen circumstances therefore you should not make any personal plans over this period)

NB: see link below on exam procedures.

..\..\Yachtmaster Coastal and Offshore Exam Syllabus.pdf

Successful graduates earn their RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore with commercial endorsement
(includes accommodation onboard and food)