RYA Essential Navigation

A basic introduction to navigation and safety for anyone new to boating: sailors, powerboaters, sea anglers, divers and boatmasters. Also useful for experienced dinghy and keelboat sailors and inshore racers. This course acts as a steeping stone onto the RYA Day skipper theory course.

Compliments any water based course.

This is a classroom based course

Course information

Minimum age:

none

Prior experience:

none

Course duration:

16 hours total

Content:

• Charts and Publications

• safety, engine checks

• buoyage

• tidal awareness

• visual and electronic navigation

• pilotage

• rules of the road

• anchoring

• weather forcasts

• passage planning

Course materials

You will be provided a course pack including a book and plotting instruments.

What to bring

Pen, pencils, rubbers, sharpeners and paper

Food and drink- please check the clubs bar and catering opening times