RYA Competent Crew

This course is for beginners and those who would like to become active crew members rather than just passengers. It is one of our most popular RYA Practical Sail Cruising Courses in Greece.

Experience living on board and really get to know the boat. Virtually all the course is hands on. You are the crew – without you the sails won’t go up and the boat won’t be steered.

By the end of the course you should be able to steer, handle sails, keep a lookout, row a dinghy and assist in all the day to day duties on board.

Course Structure

Knowledge of sea terms and parts of a boat, her rigging and sails, sail handling, ropework, fire precautions and fighting, personal safety equipment, man overboard, emergency equipment, meteorology, seasickness, helmsmanship and basic sailing, general duties, manners and customs, rules of the road, dinghies.

Minimum age: None (although students should be large enough to use yacht’s equipment).

Maximum Student to Instructor ratio: 5:1

Method of assessment: Continual assessment by your Instructor, no tests or exams.

Ability after the course: Valuable member of a yacht’s crew

Certificate awarded at end of course: RYA Competent Crew

Useful Information

Pre-course experience

None required

Duration

Five days. Clients will live aboard a school yacht as it cruises to and overnights in different harbours and bays each night.

Price

€924

Includes all tuition, meals whilst aboard, fuel, mooring fees, use of wet weather gear, accommodation on a school yacht (linen and towels provided) for the duration of the course plus one evening before and two nights after. Includes Greek VAT at the appropriate rate.