COASTAL SKIPPER PRACTICAL (TIDAL)

RECOMMENDED PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
15 Days sailing experience, 300 Miles and 4 night hours

DURATION
This course is 5 days; our courses can include a weekend. During the course you are
accommodated on board one of our sailing yachts.

CONTENT
Skippering techniques and navigation, for coastal passages, advanced boat handling and pilotage.

DESCRIPTION
Skippering a yacht on coastal and offshore passages demands strong navigation. seamanship and leadership skills. The Coastal Skipper Practical Course prepares those with previous skippering experience to undertake longer voyages. During the course your instructor will guide you through navigation both offshore and in limited visibility, weather forecasting and passage planning, watch keeping and preparation for sea. You will put this all in practice as each student plans and executes passages taking complete command of the yacht. Coastal Skippers must be good boat handlers and you will receive plenty of practice mooring the yacht in a wide variety of situations. You live aboard the boat for the 5 days visiting many different harbours and anchorages and have at least 4 hours night sailing. Weather permitting the yacht will undertake a longer coastal passage. At the successful completion of the course you will be awarded the Coastal Skippers Course Competition Certificate and will be able to skipper coastal passages safely and confidently. Course dates are available on request and are published on our website.
www.commodore-yachti ng.com
To book this course or any other course please contact us for a booking form. Group bookings of 4/5 can choose their own dates for their course.

COASTAL SKIPPER SYLLABUS

PASSAGE PLANNING
Can plan a coastal passage including a consideration of the capacity of the yacht,
navigation, victualling, weather, ports of refuge, tidal heights and tidal streams, publications
and strategy
Knows customs procedures

PREPARATION FOR SEA
Is aware of safety equipment required for offshore passages
Can prepare a yacht for sea including stowage, safety briefing, watch keeping, delegating
responsibilities and equipment and engine checks

PILOTAGE
Can prepare a pilotage plan with consideration of soundings, transits, clearing bearings,
buoyage, port or harbour regulations and tidal considerations
Can pilot a yacht by day and night

PASSAGE MAKING & ABILITY AS SKIPPER
Can take charge of a yacht and direct the crew
Can organise the navigation, deckwork and domestic duties of a yacht on passage
Is aware of the significance of meteorological trends
Is aware of crew welfare on passage
Can use electronic navigational equipment for planning and undertaking a passage,
including the use of waypoints and routes

YACHT HANDLING UNDER POWER
Can control the yacht effectively in a confined space under power
All berthing and unberthing situations in various conditions of wind and tide

YACHT HANDLING UNDER SAIL
Can use the sails to control the yacht in a confined space
Anchoring and mooring in various conditions of wind and tide
Can sail efficiently on all points of sailing

ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
Preparation for heavy weather and yacht handling in strong winds
Navigation and general conduct in restricted visibility

EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
Recovery of man overboard under power and sail
Understands action to be taken when abandoning to the liferaft and during helicopter and
lifeboat rescues

HOW TO CONTACT US
COMMODORE YACHTING LTD
Gosport Marina,
Mumby Road,
Gosport,
PO12 1AX

Tel: 023 9250 4443
learntosail@sailing.co.uk