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Stay at Home DAY SKIPPER Theory CV5

The RYA Day Skipper Theory is a comprehensive introduction to cruising for inexperienced skippers.
This course equips you with enough knowledge to navigate around familiar waters by day. A basic knowledge of lights is also included to introduce you to night cruising.

At Jolly Roger Sailing we use the RYA training materials and try to integrate your lessons with real charts and almanacs so that you get a feel for the equipment you will be using on your own boat.

The course is normally taught by our principal instructor who has over 50,000 miles sailing offshore, including Atlantic crossings.

The course duration is a total of 40 hours with two exam papers. This can be evening classes or Five-day blocks (usually Mon to Friday). If you don't see a course that fits your calendar, please discuss your requirements with us. We can do weekends.

Course Topics Include:

  • The basics of seamanship
  • The essentials of coastal navigation and pilotage
  • Chartwork
  • Electronic charts
  • Position fixing
  • Plotting a course to steer
  • Weather forecasting and meteorology
  • Tides
  • Collision regulations
  • Construction, parts and equipment of a cruising boat
  • Emergency and safety procedures including distress calls, use of flares, safety harnesses, lifejackets and life rafts

£225 includes the RYA Day Skipper Pack worth £38. Student packs include assessment papers, course notes, exercises, practice charts and certificate of satisfactory completion. Also included is an RYA Training Almanac Worth £8.49. You will need bring a navigation plotter and dividers we can order these for you at a cost of £25. You will also need to bring stationaries such as pens, pencils, rubber, and a note pad.

Event Properties

Event Date 28-09-2020
Event End Date 30-10-2020
Cut off date 15-10-2020
Capacity 6
Registered 2
Available place 4
Individual Price £250.00

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