Tel: +90 534 554 4012
Tel: +90 534 554 4012

Day Skipper Practical (Deposit)

£397.50

 

50% deposit needed to confirm booking
  • Course for aspiring skippers who have some yachting experience and basic navigation and sailing skills
  • Learn to skipper a short passage with an instructor on hand to give advice and encouragement and ensure your safety
  • Experience being in charge, taking credit when it all goes well and being responsible when it doesn’t
  • Leverages the navigation knowledge gained from the Day Skipper Theory or Essential Navigation & Seamanship shore-based course
  • Pre-course experience – 5 days, 100 miles, 4 night hours on board a sailing yacht
  • Assumed knowledge – Basic navigation and helmsmanship
  • It is recommended you attend the Day Skipper shorebased course beforehand
  • Minimum duration – 5 days
  • Minimum age – 16
  • Maximum 5 Students
  • Language:- English
  • Includes RYA Logbook
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SKU: Day-skipper-practical Category:
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Additional information

Course Topics

  • Preparation for sea
  • Deck work
  • Navigation
  • Pilotage
  • Meteorology
  • “Rules of the Road”
  • Maintenance and repair work
  • Engines
  • Victualling
  • Handling emergency situations
  • Yacht handling under power
  • Yacht handling under sail
  • Passage making
  • Night cruising
Date

16th-23rd April, 30th April-7th May, 21st May–28th May, 4th June–11th June, 18th June–25th June, 9th July-16th July, 23rd July–30th July, 6th–13th August, 20th–27th August, 3rd–10th September, 17th–24th September, 8th–15th October