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RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship
November 8, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Course schedule RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship is taught over several sessions. The planned schedule for the Autumn 2022 course is as follows: Tue 08/11/22 - 19:00 - 21:30 Sat 12/11/22 - 09:00 - 13:00 Tue 15/11/22 - 19:00 - 21:30 Tue 22/11/22 - 19:00 - 21:30 Sat 26/22/22 - 09:00 - 13:00 Course dates may be subject to change
Essential Navigation and Seamanship offers a great introduction to navigation and safety awareness for new or inexperienced skippers and crew, and those wanting
to refresh their skills. It also works well complementing the sea-based
RYA Competent Crew course, or as a precursor to the RYA Day Skipper course. A highly informative course with many opportunities for you to put your newfound knowledge into practice in exercises during the course.
Course topics include:
- Charts, Publications and Terms
- Safety
- Engine checks
- Buoyage
- Tidal awareness
- Visual and electronic navigation
- Rules of the road
- Anchoring
- Weather forecasts
- Pilotage
- Passage planning
Course pre-requisites: None
Minimum age: 16 years
Course duration: 16 hours
Student : Instructor ratio: 1:10
Provided with the course: RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship pack and light refreshments
You will need: Writing materials (incl. 2B pencils)
Training courses are subject to last minute cancellation due to weather, low uptake, or unforeseen circumstances. If your course is cancelled, you will be offered an alternative date or full refund.
Refunds cannot be issued less than 14 days before the Training. You cannot reschedule a training session less than 14 days before the event.