RYA Day Skipper Theory & Practical

RYA DAY SKIPPER ONLINE THEORY & PRACTICAL COURSES

A comprehensive introduction to cruising for skippers with goals, aspirations and ambitions, which is a recognised world-wide qualification, equipping you with credentials to charter worldwide.

NEXT COURSE STARTS: Tuesday 12 October 2021 Live on Zoom

RYA Day Skipper Online Theory

A$1,295.00

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It's an early morning start - just 1.5 hours per day!
Advance your passage planning skills with practical case studies. The live, online training provides a perfect framework for preparing for your coastal adventures.

This live, online course develops an understanding of the safety, seamanship, navigation and passage planning elements of skippering a boat during the day around Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, The Hawkesbury, Broken Bay and Pittwater, Sydney and beyond.

The course offers:

This is an online course presented live via Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Approximately 40 hours.
A dedicated instructor, providing feedback, instruction and personal support every day.
Locally developed to be able to support the training and development of skippers who want real-life case studies on our NSW and Queensland coast
Interaction and discussion with your instructor, available throughout the day.
Immediate feedback on work and the ability to take exams at your own pace.
Use of proven teaching methods (discussions and immediate feedback exercises) significantly enhances online learning
Attain RYA Day Skipper Shore Based Certificate upon satisfactory completion of the course which includes two short examinations for you to sit in your own time. If for some reason you do not pass first time, we go through everything with you and give an opportunity to sit again, once you feel ready.

RYA Day Skipper Practical price per day

A$440.00

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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.
Skills taught: 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.
Catamaran & monohull training available.
Own boat training also available.
Pre-requisite: RYA Day Skipper Theory course
Also recommended is Australian Sailing’s “National Keelboat Program” if no prior experience, to teach you to sail around a course and control the boat's speed.
Course taught over 4 days in 9 to 11 hour day, blocks.

If you are thinking of doing your RYA Day Skipper Practical course, we have availability for the first and third weekends each month, from November, this year into 2022. Both these courses will be conducted out of Palm Beach, Pittwater.

The first weekend is a 2-day course on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th November, 2021. The two days are long and start at 09:00hrs and conclude at 18:00hrs, sometimes as late as 21:00hrs. The cost is $440 per day, so a total of $880.

The second weekend is a 3-day course on Friday 19th, Saturday 20th and Sunday 21th November, 2021. On the Friday of this weekend, weather permitting, we will be passage making to Lake Macquarie, which is 36 Nautical Miles to the north of Barrenjoey. During Saturday we will be sailing all over beautiful Lake Macquarie, which is 5 times bigger than Sydney Harbour. On the Sunday, we will sail back down the coast to Pittwater and finally Palm Beach. The cost for this weekend is $440 per day, so a total of 1,320.

If either or both of these weekends appeal to you, please let me know. It will be great fun to have you along.

Due to Covid restrictions there is no overnighting on our training boat. Therefore, we help arrange AirBnB, or similar, accommodation ashore. This makes for a magical weekend in either The Hawkesbury and / or Lake Macquarie.

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Please download and complete prior to commencing course, then email to info@yachtingdirections.com.au