VHF Radio including GMDSS

Learn how to use your VHF radio including GMDSS before the season gets under way. Find out what to say – and what not to say when you use your radio to call up the marina or to call for help. By the end of the day you will understand correct precedures and radio etiquette and be confident in using the radio on your own boat or charter yacht. Our next radio course is on Sunday 18th April and costs £79.00 excluding the licence fee payable to the RYA.  You need to take this course before operating your radio on board you boat.

VHF Radio Course

VHF Radio, Day Skipper Theory and Diesel Engine Maintenance courses mean that it has been a busy week at Commodore Yachting. With the cold wind blowing outside winter is the perfect time to come down to our classroom at Gosport Marina and take some RYA shorebased courses. It is illegal to operate your VHF radio without a licence except in cases of emergency and so it is vital that skippers and crew attend this course. You are taught how to send a mayday, a DSC alert and all the correct procedures for radio use including GMDSS, enabling you to become a confident user both when calling the marina requesting a berth and when sending a distress alert.

Those students who attended our RYA Diesel Engine Maintenance Course last Saturday left at the end of the day far more confident in their ability to maintain a marine engine that before they took the course. During the RYA shorebased course they learned how to troubleshoot possible problems and minimise the chance of breakdowns and costly repair bills.

This weekend students have their heads buried in charts as they take the RYA Day Skipper Theory course. At the end of the 5 day course they will have sorted their latitude from their longitude and learnt how to plot fixes, work out a course to steer and figured out when how much water they will require to set an anchor in a chosen bay. The Day Skipper Theory course teaches essential navigation skills required before students can move onto the RYA Day Skipper Practical course. Our full course calender can be found by visiting our RYA Course Dates and Fees page www.commodore-yachting.com/rya-course-dates-and-fees

•    September 2nd – 10th  9 day Combined Day Skipper £799.00
• September 2nd -6th  Day Skipper Theory £299.00
• September 2nd -4th Day Skipper Theory Part 1 £330.00 (for both parts)
• September 4th – 8th  Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Prep £549.00

•   September 4th – 8th Day Skipper / Competent Crew £449.00 
•    September 11th- 12th Start Yachting / Solent Cruise £199.00
•    September 11th- 12th Day Skipper / Competent Crew (taken over 3 weekends) £529.00
•    September 20th – 24th Day Skipper / Competent Crew £449.00 
•   September 18th – 22nd Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Prep £549.00
•      September 25th – 26th Start Yachting / Solent Cruise £199.00
•   September 11th- 12th Day Skipper / Competent Crew (taken over 3 weekends) £529.00
•   September 20th -24th Day Skipper / Competent Crew £449.00   
• September 24th Diesel Engine Course £99.00 
• September 25th First Aid Course £99.00
• September 26th VHF Radio (inciuding GMDSS) £79.00

For details please phone UK: 023 9250 4443 or 07971 290589

www.commodore-yachting.com

Commodore Yachting, Gosport Marina, Mumby Road,
Gosport, PO12 1AX