RYA Day Skipper

The RYA Day Skipper sailing course covers all aspects of skippering a modern cruising yacht, including boat handling, navigation, pilotage and seamanship skills. You will skipper a short passage during your Day Skipper course under the watchful eye of your instructor and gain the experience and confidence to allow you to skipper a cruising yacht in familiar waters by day. It is recommended that you\'ve already logged over 100NM and have an understanding of basic navigation before booking yourself on the Day Skipper course. This RYA Day Skipper course lasts for 5 days and can be completed over the course of 5 consecutive days, or a combination of a 2 day module and a 3 day module, depending on your availability.

The RYA Day Skipper practical course is ideal for sailors who are at good Competent Crew level and have either completed their Day Skipper theory or have sufficient knowledge of sailing at that level. The course will give you the confidence to skipper a medium size cruising yacht in known waters, by day and in good weather. It will show the best way to tackle tricky berthing situations and how to get the best out of your crew and yacht.

During your course you will visit various marinas and anchorages in an around the Solent. All the marinas have excellent facilities and most have free WiFi. You will also have an opportunity to \"Skipper\" a short passage during your RYA Day Skipper course.

We appreciate you may need a refresher on some things and you should be able to do the following.

•Prepare a boat for mooring (cleats, knots and mooring lines)

•Handle sails and trimming (hoist and lower, use of winches)

•Helming on all points of sail and steer a compass course

You should also have a working knowledge of chartwork, rules of the road, bouyage, lights and shapes.

RYA Day Skipper Syllabus

•Boat handling under power and sail

•Mooring bouys and anchoring

•Emergency situations

•Maintenance

•Meteorology

•Pilotage (by day and night)

•Navigation

•Passage planning and passage making

•Crew management

What\'s included:

•All Meals, snacks & drinks on board.

•Berthing fees

•Use off foul weather gear

•Accomodation on board including comfy pillows

Our RYA Day Skipper courses are all inclusive and include accomodation and all meals eaten on board. Our varied menus cater for most tastes and special diatery requirements. We do not charge any extra for marina fees or fuel. We visit various marinas where you will find good quality washing and shower facilities, most have free WiFi too. Good quality Musto foul weather gear is provided free of charge if needed to ensure you stay warm and dry.

On board you will find our training vessel fully equipped and extremely comfortable, pillows and pillow cases are provided. All you need is a sleeping bag.