Coastal Skipper courses with Elite Sailing

Course Outline

The coastal skipper practical course will prepare you to skipper a yacht on coastal passages by day or night. The course will raise your boat handling, sailing, pilotage, navigation, passage planning and crew leadership skills so that you have the competence and confidence to be in charge in a wider range of situations. Our aim is to extend your knowledge, your awareness and your standards of navigation and seamanship so that you can make good judgements and decisions and so deal effectively with the more challenging circumstances that may be encountered on longer passages and in unfamiliar waters.

You will live aboard the yacht for 5 days and nights, work as a member of the crew and act as skipper in planning and executing a variety of passages – including one longer one with more complex tidal conditions. You will visit a variety of harbours and berths in marinas, mooring buoys and anchorages. All meals are taken aboard.

The RYA Photo ID Certificate is awarded on satisfactory completion of the course. You can use this as evidence of competence in applying for an International Certificate of Competence (ICC).

NB Covid 19: Course conduct has changed due to day sailing (no overnight stays). Read other content on these pages.

Format Options

5 Day Course (0900 Monday to 1700 Friday). Price £546 – £624

Effective training at Coastal Skipper level requires longer passages beyond the range possible with day sailing so courses are best conducted on a residential (live aboard) basis. When Covid restrictions have been in place some of these courses have run as non-residential (ie day sailing only). But with restrictions lifted all our Coastal Skipper courses are now residential with yachts staying away from base overnight.

The availability table below shows dates and prices of Practical Sailing Weeks (5 day courses). You can request any of these for your Coastal Skipper course but to ensure an appropriate crew experience mix we may ask you to consider alternative dates.

Covid Safety Measures for Practical Courses

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Previous Knowledge/Experience

RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Shorebased course or full knowledge of the subject. At least Day Skipper level practical sailing competence. Minimum 15 days at sea, 300 miles and 8 night hours logged. VHF Licence and First Aid Certificate (required for exam). To really benefit from this course you should have some prior experience as a skipper in charge of a yacht.

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Select the course and dates you would like to enquire about from the course availability table, this will populate the message box below (you can also add your own message too).

Start	Duration	Course	Cost	Availability
02 May 22	5 days	Practical Sailing (week)	£624.00	One place left!
09 May 22	5 days	Practical Sailing (week)	£624.00	Spaces Available
16 May 22	5 days	Practical Sailing (week)	£624.00	Spaces Available
23 May 22	5 days	Practical Sailing (week)	£624.00	One place left!
30 May 22	5 days	Practical Sailing (week)	£624.00	Contact Office

RYA Coastal Skipper Practical Course (Sail)

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