East Anglian Sailing School

You'll be coached throughout the full RYA Day Skipper syllabus as you reside aboard the college owned yachts and all meals will be provided for the duration regarding the course. Each trainee skipper may be asked to skipper the boat on a brief passageway. The trainer will undoubtedly be on hand to offer guidance and encouragement, making sure your destination is achieved safely.

The essential element is that you encounter being in charge, using the credit when all goes really and also becoming accountable when it will not. The termination of every day is normally invested across the chart talking about the passages and gaining from one another's knowledge. After the program you ought to achieve an amount of seamanship and ship handling to the standard required to skipper a small cruising yacht properly by-day in tidal waters with that the student is familiar.

Course Options

Five successive days on-board, commencing at 2030 hours on Sunday or Tuesday evenings.

Cover the 5 time course over two vacations

- 3 time weekend: commencing Friday at 2030h and closing around 1700h Monday

- 2 time week-end: commencing Friday at 2030h and ending more or less 1700h Sunday.

3 two day vacations, commencing Friday nights at 2030 h finishing around Sunday at 1700.

A 9 time combined Day Skipper shorebased and practical training course. Very first 4 days are spent learning the idea when you look at the class (non-residential) followed by the remaining 5 times onboard (residential) putting into practice the thing that was learnt ashore whilst it is still fresh in your head.

TIMES

Other dates can also be offered, please talk to our management staff.Â

2 time weekend

3 day week-end

5 days

9 times

Award

RYA Day Skipper Tidal Practical Sail Certificate.

Next Move

Optional Extras

• Musto Waterproofs (wet weather gear) £30 per week/£20 per week-end
• 'Comfort Pack' - this comprises a freshly laundered sleeping bag, pillow, pillow case and towel. £15.00 for week or week-end.

RYA Day Skipper Practical Syllabus

Has the capacity to prepare a boat for ocean, including engine inspections, choice of sails, securing and stowage of all of the equipment on deck and the following.

Can reef, shake-out reefs and change sails to match prevailing circumstances. Can prepare an anchor, mooring warps and take charge on deck whenever mooring along side, visiting a buoy, anchoring, evaluating anchor and sliding from a buoy or an alongside berth.

Is experienced in chartwork and routine navigational duties on passageway including: Taking and plotting visual repairs; performing up DR and EP; using digital navigation gear for position repairing; utilization of waypoints; Knowledge of IALA buoyage; calculating tidal heights and streams; Working out training course to guide to accommodate tidal flow, leeway and drift; Maintenance of navigational records; usage of echo sounder and lead range.

Can prepare and perform a pilotage plan for entry into, or departure from, harbour. Understands making use of leading and clearing outlines. Using transits and soundings as aids to pilotage.

Knows types of forecast information. Can understand shipping forecasts and employ a barometer as a forecasting aid.

Features an operating familiarity with the I.R.P.C.S.

• Maintenance and restoration work

Understands and it is able to perform maintenance tasks. Understands the properties and utilizes of typical artificial ropes.

Is able to transform gas and liquid filters, pump impeller and just how to bleed the fuel system.

Understands tips victual a yacht.

Can just take correct action as skipper for data recovery of guy overboard. Understands distress flares and just how to utilize a liferaft. Can operate a radio telephone and deliver a distress message. Understands how exactly to secure a tow. Understands relief processes including helicopter rescue.

• Yacht dealing with under energy

Can bring a watercraft safely to and from an alongside berth, mooring buoy and anchor under various problems of wind and wave.

• Yacht handling under sail

Brings a boat safely to and from a mooring buoy and anchor under numerous circumstances of wind and tide. Can steer and trim sails efficiently on all things of cruising. Can steer and trim sails efficiently on all points of sailing.