RYA Coastal Skipper Preparation Practical Course
Andy's Description:
You need a minimum of 15 days at sea, 300 miles logged, 8 night hours and 2 days as skipper. You must also have the RYA Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore theory certificate or equivalent knowledge. The course extends your boat handling and passage planning skills to prepare you to skipper a yacht on day or night coastal passages.
RYA Stated Aim
To teach the skills and techniques required to skipper a yacht safely on coastal and offshore passages by day and night.
Examination
This course aims to prepare you for examination by an external examiner and can be adapted to either Coastal Skipper or Yachtmaster Offshore. Our courses do not include time for the examination and you will need to provide a crew and suitable boat for this plus the RYA’s examination fee. Please contact us to discuss this.
You should ensure that you meet, or preferably, significantly exceed the minimum seatime requirements for the applicable Certificate of Competence.
For many students, the best policy is to separate the examination from the course. This allows time for additional sailing and lets the lessons from the course ‘sink in’ before facing the examiner.
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Knowledge Gained |
| Passage Planning |
Can plan a coastal passage including the capability of the yacht, navigation, victualling, weather, ports of refuge, tidal heights and tidal streams, publications required and strategy. Knows customs procedures.
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| Preparation for sea |
Is aware of safety equipment required for offshore passages.
Can prepare a yacht for sea including stowage, safety briefing, watch keeping, delegating responsibilities and equipment and engine checks.
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| Pilotage |
Can prepare a pilotage plan, with consideration of soundings, transits, clearing bearings, buoyage, port or harbour regulations and tidal considerations.
Can pilot a yacht by day and night.
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| Passage making and ability as skipper |
Can take charge of a yacht and direct the crew.
Can organize the navigation, deckwork and domestic duties of a yacht on passage. Is aware of the significance of meteorology trends. Is aware of crew welfare on passage. Understands the practical use and limitations of hyperbolic navaids and GPS.
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| Yacht handling under power |
Can control the yacht effectively in a confined space under power. All berthing and unberthing situations in various conditions of wind and tide.
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| Yacht handling under sail |
Can use sails to control the yacht in a confined space. Anchoring and mooring in various conditions of wind and tide. Can sail efficiently on all points of sailing.
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| Adverse weather conditions |
Preparation for heavy weather and yacht handling in strong winds.
Navigation and general conduct in restricted visibility.
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| Emergency situations |
Recovery of man overboard under power and sail. Understands actions to be taken when abandoning to the liferaft and during helicopter and lifeboat rescues.
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