Start Point Sailing 2002

RYA e-learning

Essential navigation and Seamanship Course Cost: ~~£99.00~~ inclusive
Winter special £85.00

Format: On-line via RYA Interactive.

HOW TO BOOK: Register for your course with Start Point Sailing by clicking on the Book Online button to be transferred to our on-line payment page.

You will be send you your Course Activation code by email so you can start working towards your goal, Course pack which includes a chart, plotter, dividers, course handbook, exercises and an electronic chart plotter CD will be posted for next day delivery. You will be allocated an RYA Yachtmaster Instructor to assist you with any difficult tasks.

This course offers a great introduction to navigation and safety awareness for new, inexperienced or rusty skippers and crew. In fact it's for anyone interested in sailing, motor boating, sea angling or diving, and works well in complementing our on-the-water training, such as the Powerboat Level 2, Start Yachting and Helmsman courses. Students also use this course as a revision programme or pre-cursor to taking the 9 day intensive Day Skipper Combined shorebased/practical course, enabling them to get up to Day Skipper speed at a more leisurely pace. A great lunchtime distraction in the workplace.

It's a highly informative course with lots of opportunities for you to put your new found knowledge into practice. If you decide to take the course online, you will find many interactive exercises to help reinforce the information and lots of chances to try out what you've learned.

Course topics include:

Charts and Publications	Safety
Engine checks	Buoyage
Tidal awareness	Visual and electronic navigation
Pilotage	Rules of the road
Anchoring	Weather forcasts
Passage planning

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RYA Day Skipper Shorebased.
(5 consecutive days, or Pt I: Sat,Sun Pt II: Fri, Sat, Sun)
Description: Basic seamanship, pilotage, meteorology and navigation, level 1 to RYA Day Skipper standard. No previous knowledge required, but some practical experience is an advantage. The basis or course will be RYA syllabus, and will lead to, on successful completion, the award of a shorebased qualification certificate.

RYA Day Skipper Shorebased / Practical Combined. (9 days)
A Saturday to Sunday course taking up 1 week of your holiday. This course covers the shorebased and practical Day Skipper course syllabus. Consists of 4 days in the classroom transferring to your yacht on the Tuesday evening for a 5 day practical element. On successful completion the award of the RYA shorebased and practical certificate, and will also qualify students to gain their ICC certificate.

RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased. (2 x Fri, Sat, Sun)
Description: Navigation, seamanship and meteorology, level 2 to RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Offshore standard. All students should be able to work up an estimated position taking into account tidal offset and drift and leeway, and be able to calculate a course to steer prior to the course. The basis of the course will be the RYA syllabus, and will lead to, on successful completion, the award of a shorebased qualification certificate.

RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Shorebased. (6 days)
This course covers Ocean meteorology, passage planning, astro-navigation. Students should have already completed the Yachtmaster Shorebased course and have practical offshore experience.

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Radar (1 day)
Become familiar with radar equipment, how to operate it and associated interfacing.

First Aid (1 Day)
To give yachtsmen working knowledge of First Aid including lifesaving techniques.

Diesel Engine Maintenance.
A one day course designed to take the mystery out of running and maintaining modern marine diesel engines.