RYA Coastal Skipper & Yachtmaster Theory
6 days - £495
This advanced six-day navigation course is aimed at those who have already completed the Day Skipper theory course or are of equivalent standard. The course will give students the skills required to successfully navigate a vessel on coastal or offshore passages by day and night.
The syllabus focuses on advanced navigation and meteorology skills, and is designed to take your theory knowledge to the standard required for sitting the Advanced CoC, Yachtmaster Coastal, and Yachtmaster Offshore practical exams.
This course is eligible for ELCAS funding and is also available online
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Position:
Understand dead reckoning and estimated position
Understand satellite-derived position
Use of waypoints
Radar fixes
Techniques of visual fixing
Understand fixes using a mixture of position lines
Relative accuracy of different methods of position lines
Understand areas of uncertainty
The magnetic compass:
Allowance for variation
Understand change of variation with time and variation
Understand causes of deviation
Swing for deviation (but not correction)
Allowance for deviation
Different types of compass
Tides:
Causes of tides -spring and neaps
Tide tables - sources
Tidal levels and datum
Standard and secondary ports
Tidal anomalies
Tidal Streams:
Sources of tidal information
Tidal stream information in sailing directions and yachtmen's alamanacs
Allowance for tidal stream in computing a course to steer
Tide rips, overfalls and races etc
Buoyage:
IALA system buoyage in Region A
Limitations of buoys in navigation aids
Lights:
Understand characteristics
Ranges - visual, luminous and nominal
Rising and dipping distances
Light lists
Pilotage:
Harbour regulations and control signals
Methods of pre-planning
Clearing lines
Use of soundings
Transits and leading lines
GPS and Chart Plotters:
Principles of operation and limitations of use
Raster and vector charts
Understand datum
Importance of confirmation of position by an independent source and keeping a sperate record of position
Importance of paper charts
Echo sounders:
Principles of operation and limitations of use
Logs (speed and distance measuring):
Principles of operation and limitation of use
Deck Log:
Importance of log as yachts official document
Layout of log, hourly and occasional entries
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You will need a very solid knowledge of Chartwork, IRPCS and Meteorology (and ideally a couple of years of practical boating experience).
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6 Days of Training in our Classroom
Access to our student resource website
Notepad & Pen
Tea, Coffee & Refreshments
Main meals and accommodation are NOT provided
Yachtmaster Theory Course Pack
Training Almanac
Use of Dividers & Plotters for the course.
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This course enables you to obtain an ICC - International Certificate of Competence.
It also gives you the theoretical knowledge required to captain a boat internationally.
To obtain the full licence you will need to complete the RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Practical course.
Once you have completed both parts and obtained your licence, you will have opened the door to a wide range of career opportunities in the maritime industry
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Once you have completed this course, the obvious next course to do is the RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster practical course. These two courses together will give you a licence to captain a boat internationally in countries that recognize RYA qualifications.
After this, there is RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Theory and practical, and also Master 200
Please contact us if you would like to arrange either an offsite course or a private course.
Offsite Courses - conducted on your own premises, providing they are suitable for training. Private Courses - not open to the general public
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