RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Shorebased Course

Advanced training for more experienced skippers building on the Day Skipper course. This course equips you to navigate safely on coastal and offshore passages.

An advanced level course in navigation, chartwork and all aspects of planning and executing longer coastal passages and channel crossings. Essential requirement for many commercial roles and instructor qualifications

This course will take your theory knowledge to the standard required for the Yachtmaster™ Coastal and Yachtmaster™ Offshore practical exams.

This course advances your skippering skills with an emphasis on advanced navigation and passage planning complex coastal and offshore passages by day and night, application of IRPCS, using electronic aids for navigation and understanding the world of meteorology.

To give you the best opportunity to hone your skills the course is run over 6 days and consists of 40 hours tuition time, 3 x exam papers and some revision time. This course can be run as a 6 day block or over 2 x 3 days sessions – Please check the booking calendar for more details.

Course topics include:

  • position fixing
  • course shaping and plotting
  • tidal knowledge
  • use of almanacs and admiralty publications
  • electronic position finding equipment
  • taking and interpreting forecasts
  • plotting weather systems
  • weather predictions using a barometer and by observation
  • collision regulations
  • customs and excise regulations for cruising abroad

It allows some time for revision of the basics and then moves on to advanced navigation techniques.

The RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Shorebased course is ideal for:

  • Those looking to improve their navigational and theory skills to an advanced level,
  • those looking to undertake a Coastal Skipper or Yachtmaster CoC

This is the top level RYA navigation theory course for either those looking to work commercially or experienced leisure users. The entry requirement is the RYA Dayskipper Theory course. If you do not hold this qualification then we would seek reassurance from speaking to you that you have a commensurate level of experience.

The course is aimed at those who already have the RYA Dayskipper Theory course (or a comparable level of knowledge) and whilst covering a syllabus very similar to the Dayskipper Theory syllabus does so in far more detail and to a far greater depth.

We have a range of free online videos available on our YouTube channel which offer great revision prior to attending this course:

9am-6pm with approximately 45 mins for lunch

Minimum Duration: 6 days including exams

Minimum Age 16 years

There are 3 exams:

  • Chartwork
  • Passage Planning
  • IRPCS

This course runs with a maximum of 8 students per instructor

Your course pack includes:

  • Course Handbook
  • Course Workbook
  • RYA Training Charts 3 & 4
  • Electronic Navigation Notes
  • Weather Handbook

You will require access to a Portland Plotter and Divider set for the duration of your course.

We strongly recommend that you purchase your own navigation equipment – you can add a navigation set when booking.