Day Skipper Course

RYA Day Skipper Practical Course

The Day Skipper course enables you to skipper a small cruising yacht in familiar waters by day. Before you start the 5 day practical course you should have had a minimum of 5 days sea time, 4 night hours and 100 miles. You can gain this experience by taking a 5 day Competent Crew course. You should also have Day Skipper Theory or knowledge to that level. You can take this RYA shorebased course as a 5 day theory course in our classroom in Gosport Marina or as an On-line Day Skipper Theory course.

NEW!

Day Skipper ‘pass promise’ -

In the unlikely event of you not passing by the end of the course we promise to provide extra training FREE to help you complete your Day Skipper¹ (see below for conditions)

During the Day Skipper course you will be taught basic pilotage, boat handling, seamanship and navigation all in the sheltered waters of The Solent. After the course you should be able to skipper a small yacht in familiar waters by day. You will be continually assessed and awarded a certificate for passing the course. After this course we recommend you build up your experience either by taking one of our milebuilding cruises, chartering a yacht or sailing on your own or friend’s boats. The next stages in the RYA cruising scheme are Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster theory and the Coastal Skipper practical course.

You can take the RYA Day Skipper course as a 5 day course or over 3 weekends. We also offer a 2 and 3 day weekend option to make up the 5 days.

You can choose any 3 weekends from our programme to complete your RYA course over weekends. You will receive 6 days tuition with the extra day free of charge compared with taking the course over 2 weekends.

From 1st April 2012 the Day Skipper course fee will include the RYA new style of certificate which will be registered on the RYA database. This will improve the ability of the RYA to provide replacement certificates in the event of a certificate being lost. Students will be required to provide a passport size photograph when attending the Day Skipper course.

If you have questions about the Day Skipper practical course do contact us. Click here to find our most frequently asked questions.

Day Skipper student reviews

Steve was great, a real asset to Commodore Yachting. Great knowledge and people skills. Felt more like a cruise with mates than a course although we worked hard and learnt loads.

Nick – Day Skipper, June 2011

Roger is a superb instructor. The boat is really well maintained. Pre-course admin spot on – I will be sailing with Commodore Yachting again.

Shaun - Day Skipper, Sept 2011

I have really enjoyed learning on this fantastic course. We were very lucky to have experienced a variety of weather conditions and challenges. The instruction and guidance was excellent and the highlight was the helicopter training arranged by our skipper! Thank you.

Silvi – Day Skipper, June 2011

Click here for the full RYA Day Skipper syllabus

Click here for our course dates and fees and to Book On-line

Duration	5 days	Maximum students : instructor	5:1
Location	Solent	Minimum age	All ages although under 18s must be accompanied by an adult
What’s included	Accommodation on board one of our Bavaria yachts Breakfast, lunch, evening meals* and drinks on board, berthing fees. Free hire of wet weather gear	Extras	Evening meal ashore on joining night if required. Log books if required £5.50
When	Friday evening 1900hrs to Wednesday afternoon 1600hrs, Sunday evening 1900hrs to Friday afternoon 1600hrs. Also over 3 weekends. All year round	Don’t forget	Anything you cannot travel without as we cannot cater for everyone’s special favourites!
Let us know about	Any special dietary requirements and needs. Please note, we will do our best to cater for vegetarian diets or food allergies but not general food fads! Please call the office if in doubt.	Cost	October – March £425.00 - £555.00 April – September £525.00 - £599.00

* Evening meals taken ashore on weekend courses.

¹ We have full confidence in the RYA cruising scheme and believe it provides a step by step progression from novice sailor to Day Skipper.  Our ‘pass promise’ is therefore subject to the following conditions:

• RYA Day Skipper theory course must have been passed within 12 months of the Day Skipper practical course OR the student must have theory knowledge to Day Skipper level and may be asked to sit an Day Skipper theory exam paper in our classroom.
• Students must have passed a 5 day RYA Competent Crew course within 12 months of taking the Day Skipper practical course.
• Extra  training will be offered subject to the recommendation of one of our experienced RYA instructors up to a maximum of 2 days.
• This offer excludes any expenses incurred by the student in attending the extra training.
• Any training offered will be subject to availability.

 

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