RYA Coastal Skipper Practical

The five-day RYA Coastal Skipper Practical course is both intensive and rewarding, designed to equip students with the necessary skills and techniques to safely skipper a cruising motorboat on coastal and offshore passages, during both day and night hours.

Aimed at existing skippers, students are expected to have boat handling expertise equivalent to the RYA Day Skipper Practical qualification.

What to Expect

A rewarding week on the water
Completion of 200-300 sea miles, including a minimum of 2 passages over 60 miles and 16 night hours
Gain confidence and accreditation to skipper your own or a charter boat by day and night
Deepening your knowledge of passage planning, day and night pilotage, boat handling, safety and emergency situations

Category: RYA Motorboat Courses (vessels over 10m)

Course Content

Extended passage planning
Heavy weather sailing
Negotiating traffic separation schemes
Preparation for sea
Pilotage
Passage making and ability as skipper
Yacht handling under power and under sail
Adverse weather conditions
Emergency situations

Prerequisites

Minimum age of 17 years
15 days, 2 days as skipper, 300 miles, 8 night hours.
Boat handling to the standard of the Day Skipper Practical Motor cruising course.
Navigation to the standard of the Coastal Skipper & Yachtmaster Offshore Theory

Accommodation is not provided on the boat during the course and must be arranged beforehand. However, lunches are included in the course cost, we strive to accommodate individual dietary requirements to the best of our ability.

If the available course dates don’t meet your requirements, please contact us and we will try our best to accommodate alternative dates.

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