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E - RYA YA Day Skipper Practical Course

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Duration /options: 
  • 5 days              
  • 3 x 2 day weekends
  • A 2 day and a 3 day weekend                     

Recommended Previous Experience: 

  • 5 days, 100 miles, 4 hours night watchkeeping or
  • RYA Competent crew course or
  • YA Keelboat Set Sail, YA Keelboat Skipper, Basic Navigation & Safety and YA Bareboat Skipper course

Assumed knowledge:  Basic navigation and helmsmanship. It is recommended that you attend our Day Skipper shorebased course before taking this practical course.   

Course Overview: Pilotage, boat handling, seamanship and navigation 

Ability after course. By the end of the course  you should be able to skipper a small yacht in familiar waters.    

Click here for the RYA YA Practical Course Calendar

Click here for Syllabus

Skippering for the first time is an exhilarating experience. This course is designed to teach you to be the "Skipper" or take charge . 

The skipper is responsible for the safety of the yacht and crew. These responsibilities include weather forecasting, victualling, engine maintenance, sail selection and handling, passage planning, watch keeping, navigation and pilotage.

Your instructor will teach you these skills and you will put them into practice as you skipper the yacht on short passages along the coast of NSW.

You will be living aboard and helping with the running of the boat.  With a different anchorage each night, pilotage techniques, boat handling skills will become second nature. You will complete at least 4 night hours sailing to experience night pilotage.

Students who successfully complete this course are awarded the RYA YA Day Skipper Practical certificate.

Next Step:  
RYA YA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Shorebased Theory Course 

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