Coastal Skipper

RYA Coastal Skipper (minimum age 18)

£895 per person.

This 5 day course is an ideal bridge between The Day Skipper Course and the full RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Coastal examination course.

The course is designed to give an experienced RYA Day Skipper the confidence to undertake longer and more complex passages which may involve sailing at night or involve watch keeping systems.

Skippering a yacht on coastal and offshore passages demands strong navigation, seamanship and leadership skills.

During the RYA Coastal Skipper course your instructor will guide you through navigation, both offshore and in limited visibility, weather forecasting and passage planning, watch keeping, preparation for sea and handling heavy weather.

You will put this all into practice as each student plans and executes passages taking complete command of the yacht. Coastal skippers must be good boat handlers and you will receive plenty of practice mooring the yacht and have at least 4 hours night sailing.

Weather permitting the yacht will undertake a coastal passage.

At the successful completion of the RYA Coastal Skipper course you will be awarded the RYA Coastal Skipper Course Completion Certificate and will be able to skipper coastal passages safely and confidently, both by day and night.

Therefore we do require our candidates to be well prepared and have, in the past 5 years as a minimum, the following experience:

15 days aboard a Yacht 7-15 metres AOL, 2 days as Skipper, 300 Sea Miles, 8 night hours, your sailing ability to be better than a RYA Day Skipper, and have a good knowledge of COLREGS and Navigation to RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Theory level.