RYA Essential Navigation Online course
The RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship Course serves as a great introduction to navigation and safety awareness for new and inexperienced skippers and crew. Whether you have children or grandchildren who are eager to enter the sailing world or if you would like to refresh your sailing skills, this course is suitable for you.
This course can be taken online and will include interactive activities to help put your learning into practice. Support will be provided by one of our trainers, either via email or phone.
Course topics include:
Charts and publications
Safety and tidal awareness
Engine checks
Buoyage
Pilotage
Visual and electronic navigation
Rules
Anchoring
Weather forecasting
Passage planning
Once you sign up, you will receive a course pack containing a chart, plotter, dividers, a course handbook and exercises, and a code to download the electronic chart plotter.
Online, the course will take approximately 6 hours. You can work on the course at your own pace.
The cost of this course is:
£100 - members
£125 - non-members