Start Point Sailing 2002

RYA AND DoT SHOREBASED COURSES

RYA SRC VHF GMDSS RADIO

FORMATS: 1 day course 9.30 – 5.30
Cost: £90 plus £30 payable to the RYA for your personal VHF radio licence.

Course date: January, February, March dates available.

This course covers the use of a VHF Radio equipped with Digital Selective Calling (DSC). This replaces the previous VHF Radio Operators Certificate and is part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS).

All VHF Radio users need to obtain this certificate to operate their radios safely and legally!

An addition payment of £30 (payable to the RYA) will be required on the day for the issue of your VHF Licence.For award of an SRC students must be able to:

A. Distress situations

1. Define a distress situation.

2. Initiate a DSC Distress Alert, with position and time input manually or automatically.

3. Send a Mayday call and message by voice.

4. Respond appropriately to a DSC Distress Alert and to a Mayday call and message,

including relay of a distress message.

5. Know how to deploy an EPIRB and a SART.

B. Urgency Situations

1. Define an urgency situation.

2. Initiate a DSC urgency alert.

3. Send a Pan Pan call and message by voice.

4. Respond appropriately to an urgency message.

C. Safety Situations

1. Identify a situation in which a safety message is appropriate.

2. Input a DSC safety alert.

3. Send a safety message by voice.

4. Receive Maritime Safety Information by NAVTEX.

D. Routine Communication

1. Initiate a DCS routine alert.

2. Establish communication and exchange messages with other stations by voice on

appropriate channels.

3. Test the radiotelephone by means of an appropriate test call.

4. Initiate a DSC self test.

5. Enter a DSC group and Individual MMSI.

6. Maintain an appropriate listening watch on DSC and voice channels.

7. Use the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Written test

A written test must be given to each student and will include areas of the syllabus not covered by the

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.

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

VHdF Radio (SRC) (Full & Conversion). (1day / ½ day)
This is the new VHF DSC Course including GMDSS. You will learn about the GMDSS system, become familiar with DSC VHF sets and how to integrate with current procedures. Students will learn about associated distress equipment.

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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.