RYA Seamanship Skills

This 5 day course is aimed at students with previous experience and the background knowledge required for the RYA Level 2 Basic Skills qualification. The course runs from 10am – 5pm with an hour for lunch.

Much of the work done on this course will be done without an instructor aboard but with a greater depth of onshore feed back.

This will raise the self-reliance and decision-making of the sailor in the manoeuvring of a dinghy or traditional boat in moderate conditions.

Course Structure

Onshore teaching

• Sailing theory and background

• Capsize recovery – total inversion

• Meteorology

• Preparation of road trailer

Practical

• Rope work

• Launching and recovery – leave from and return to a beach/jetty in onshore/offshore winds

• Sailing techniques and manoeuvers – man overboard, reefing afloat, being towed, sailing without a rudder and sailing backwards