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Day Skipper Practical Course Options: 5 Day Course 3 Weekends
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Previous knowledge or experience: RYA Competent Crew. This course at sea will consolidate the basic skills in deckwork. You will learn from first principles how to handle a yacht under power and sail, including maneuvres at sea and in harbour, berthing, anchoring and man overboard recovery. You will learn real practical navigational and pilotage skills which work at sea. You will learn about weather, tides, rules of the road and how to plan and execute a simple passage. Most of all we will help you to develop confidence in taking charge of a yacht. You will live aboard the boat with the instructor and 3 or 4 other students/crew. Each day will involve a mixture of short passages from port to port and intensive exercises. We will be in harbour or anchorage every night but you should also get a few hours experience of night sailing. The courses are always great fun. All meals are provided aboard but there will be opportunities to go ashore during some evenings. Achievement: You will be able to skipper a yacht on short passages in familiar/sheltered waters by day. Most charter companies will accept your Day Skipper Course certificate as evidence of competence to charter a small yacht in sheltered waters. You will also qualify for issue of an International Certificate of Competence. Click for more detail. Next Step: Build up experience - as both crew and skipper - by sailing as much as possible. We recommend that at this stage you get your VHF/Short Range Certificate and take a First Aid Course.
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