RYA Yachtmaster Coastal Course
(Renamed from 1 January 2010)

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The aim of RYA Yachtmaster Coastal course is to teach you the skills and techniques required to skipper a yacht safely on coastal and offshore passages by day and night.

Is it for you?

The RYA Yachtmaster Coastal course is for those with considerable knowledge of sailing and navigation

To join the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal c ourse you will need experience of boat handling and seamanship to RYA Day Skipper practical standard and knowledge of navigation to RYA Yachtmaster Coastal/Yachtmaster theory level.

The suggested minimum pre-course experience is 15 days at sea, including 2 days as skipper, with 300 logged miles which include at least 8 night hours.

The content of the course includes passage planning, pilotage by day and night, boat handling, safety and emergency situations.

An examination by independent RYA Examiner can follow the course and if successful you will be issued with the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal Certificate of Competence.

Our RYA Yachtmaster Coastal course is run from our base at Royal Clarence Marina in Gosport, which is fully accessible to the Solent, the south coast, the Channel Islands and France.

Your instructor will sign your logbook to enable you to keep a record of your sea miles and syllabus completed. You will also receive a certificate upon your successful completion of the course following assessment by an RYA Examiner.

The cost of our RYA Yachtmaster Coastal 5 day course includes your accommodation on board your yacht, home cooked breakfasts and lunches (all diets catered for) and drinks (non alcoholic). You can borrow waterproofs if required, free of charge.

Evening meals are not included, although you may cook aboard if you wish.

A proportion of mooring fees (split between those aboard) are you only additional expense.

Next Yachtmaster Coastal courses 2010:

* There is a examination fee of £142 (as at January 2009) payable to the RYA. Contact us for further details and other dates.