Course Information
Joining Instructions: Please click here for course joining instructions
What is included in the course cost:
- Yacht hire
- RYA Qualified Instructor
- RYA course materials and certificates
- Breakfast, lunches, snacks and three evening meals (One evening meal is taken ashore at the students own cost)
- Tea, coffee & soft drinks
- Accommodation on board
- Marina berths & moorings at Premier Marinas only. Other marinas charges are split between all students.
- Harbour dues & fees
- Diesel
- Cooking gas
- Wet weather kit hire (not footwear)
- Hire of a Baltic automatic life jacket
Recommended Reading: RYA Yachtmaster Handbook Sail (G70), RYA Yacht Sailing Techniques (G94), RYA Yachtmaster scheme and syllabus (G158)
Course Prerequisites: 15 days at sea, 2 days as skipper (Not on a course), 300miles sailing, 8 night hours sailing. Day Skipper Theory (or knowledge to the level of).
Minimum Age: No minimum but Under 16’s must be accompanied by adult. Persons aged 16+ can be unaccompanied subject to other pre-requisites having been met
Holiday Insurance: We would advise ALL our customers to ensure they have suitable holiday insurance in-place. Yachtsman’s insurance is available from a variety of souces like Topsail Insurance and can cover things like cancellations and personal effects cover.
The RYA Coastal Skipper course can only be run over 5 consecutive days due to the sea-miles you will be covering and the timing of the sailing you will be doing. This course will only have RYA Coastal Skipper students and RYA Competent Crew students onboard. You will start your course with a quick recap of the RYA Day Skipper skills first thing on the first day and then move onto longer passages and lot more night navigation.
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