RYA Coastal Skipper Motor Practical Course
What the course delivers
This course aims to teach the skills and techniques required to skipper a motor cruiser of at least 7m LOA safely on coastal and offshore passages by day and night.
This course is for the more ambitious skipper to improve skills and learn to make full use of the boat on longer, more complex passages. An important aspect is learning to take command and make decisions resulting in relaxed, well-planned passages and happy, safe crew.
Before taking this course it is important to have the knowledge covered in the Coastal Skipper shorebased course. There is little opportunity to review this material as it is expected knowledge for this course.
Course Features
This course is a 5 day highly practical training and assessment course.
Ut is design to train and subsequently assess a skippers ability to operate a motor boat to the standards for RYA Coastal Skipper.
Course Syllabus
This comprehensive course builds on the theory fundamentals to prepare you for your Yachtmaster qualification:
- Passage planning
- Preparation for sea
- Pilotage
- Passage making and ability to act as a skipper
- Radar
- Boat handling across aspects of power boat driving
- Boat and crew management
- Adverse weather conditions
- Emergency situations
Prerequisites:
- 15 days at sea
- 2 days as skipper
- 300
- 300+ miles
- 8 night hours
- Boat handling to the standard of the Day Skipper practical course
- Navigation to the standard of the Coastal Skipper shorebased course
Duration:
5 days
- Monday – Friday
- Saturday – Wednesday
- Wednesday – Sunday
Price:
€2425