RYA Day Skipper

A course for aspiring skippers with some yachting experience and basic navigation and sailing skills.

Learn to skipper a short passage with the instructor on hand to give advice and encouragement and ensure your safety. Experience being in charge, taking credit when it all goes well and being responsible when it doesn’t.

This qualification is accepted in most parts of the world for chartering yachts.

Course Structure

Preparation for sea, deck work, navigation, pilotage, meteorology, rules of the road, maintenance and repair work, engines, victualling, emergency situations, yacht handling under power, yacht handling under sail, passage making, introductory night passage.

Minimum age: 16 (under 18, must be accompanied by an adult)

Maximum Student to Instructor ratio: 5:1

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

Ability after the course: Skipper a small to medium size sailing yacht on short coastal passages.

Certificate awarded at end of course: RYA Day Skipper (non-tidal)

Useful Information

Preparation for sea, deck work, navigation, pilotage, meteorology, rules of the road, maintenance and repair work, engines, victualling, emergency situations, yacht handling under power, yacht handling under sail, passage making, introductory night passage.

Minimum age: 16 (under 18, must be accompanied by an adult)

Maximum Student to Instructor ratio: 5:1

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

Ability after the course: Skipper a small to medium size sailing yacht on short coastal passages.

Certificate awarded at end of course: RYA Day Skipper (non-tidal)