RYA Day Skipper

Pre-course experience: 5 days,100 miles,4 night hours onboard a sailing yacht.

Assumed knowledge: Theory to the level of Day Skipper. It is highly recommended that you attend a Day Skipper Theory course.

Course content: 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, night cruising.

Ability after the course: Able to skipper a small yacht in familiar waters by day

Min duration: 5 Days

Minimum age: 16

The RYA Day Skipper Sail training course teaches pilotage, navigation, seamanship and boat handling to the standard required to skipper a small sailing yacht up to 24 meters safely by day in (non tidal) waters with which the student is familiar

Course Structure

9am - 5pm, with at least one day later to be able to do some night navigation