Yachting: Day Skipper Practical Week in the Solent
This five day liveaboard programme takes you from RYA Competent Crew (or equivalent sailing level) to RYA Day Skipper. We recommend combining it with a Day Skipper Shorebased Theory week, where you learn the basics of navigation and chartwork in the classroom.
We also run this course over three weekends. Search again for 'Yachting: Day Skipper Practical Weekender' for weekend courses in the Solent and Sydney Harbour.
You join the boat in Cowes to meet your skipper/instructor and the rest of the crew: a maximum of five students.
We want to get the weather forecast before confirming the itinerary but you can expect to visit several interesting Solent ports, probably spending nights in Cowes, Yarmouth and Lymington.
You will improve your knowledge of navigation, seamanship, boat handling and crew management, giving you the technical knowledge and confidence to skipper a small yacht in familiar waters.
For more information about Cowes and sailing in the Solent, use the Destinations link above left. To book accommodation in Cowes the night before the course starts, use the link to Contact us.
Yachting: Day Skipper Practical Week in the Solent
Location(s)
Cowes, UK
Duration
5 days
Start date
4 October 2010
End date
8 October 2010
Note
Briefing at 10.00 on the start date. Course finishes at 17.00 on the end date
Availability
Available
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What you get
125 sea miles logged RYA Day Skipper Practical
Before you start
You should either hold the RYA Competent Crew qualification or have had equivalent experience. You have spent at least one week on a sailing yacht and are confident as a crew-member under supervision
You must understand the basics of pilotage and be familiar with navigation in tidal waters using paper charts. If you are unused to navigation we recommend joining a Day Skipper Shorebased Theory course first
Although it is not a formal requirement we recommend you should have a VHF radio licence, available with Flying Fish on a one day course, Rescue and Safety: RYA Short Range Radio
What next
Your next Flying Fish course should be our Basic Safety Training STCW 95 week or Yachtmaster/Master of Yachts Part 2 (Coastal Skipper Training)
If you don't take your skipper training any further you should at least get your VHF radio licence. Search our course titles for Rescue and Safety: RYA Short Range Radio
For professional qualifications to work in yachting, search again and select a Yachtmaster Traineeship
Included in the price
Accommodation with meals on the yacht, safety equipment, tuition and publications. We can provide your wet weather clothing if you need it
