RYA DAY SKIPPER SHOREBASED THEORY COURSE

RYA DAY SKIPPER SHOREBASED COURSE OVERVIEW:

The RYA Day Skipper Shorebased theory course will help you become involved with onboard navigation and passage planning or become a skipper. This course is aimed at;

• Those new to boating (yachting, keel-boating, motor boating, power-boating or coastal rowing) and
• Those who already have considerable crewing experience and now want to progress

The RYA Day Skipper Shorebased Course (aka RYA Day Skipper Theory Course) is the ideal starting point for aspiring skippers (and their first mate), either motor or sail. The word “shorebased” in the title gives you the clue that this course is taken either in the classroom or online away from the many distractions of flapping sails, noisy engines, waves and other water users.

The Day Skipper Shorebased Course aims to provide you with sufficient knowledge to enable them you navigate around familiar tidal and non tidal waters by day and prepares you for progression onto the RYA Day Skipper Sail Practical, RYA Day Skipper Power Practical or RYA Powerboat Intermediate Courses. The Day Skipper Shorebased course is often scheduled back to back with the Day Skipper Power  course so you can complete the whole lot in one long week (9 days).

COURSE DURATION

The RYA Day Skipper Theory Course takes five days or 40 hours to complete. We offer the course in a variety of different formats, allowing you to choose the option that best suits you:

• Five consecutive days
• Twin Weekend; running Saturday to Monday, then Saturday and Sunday
• Online, for those who can not give up the 5 days for the classroom. The Day Skipper Shorebased online E-Learning course takes 40-50 hours to complete and can be undertaken at your own pace, over a period of up to 6 months. This online course is supported by an RYA Instructor.

The RYA Day Skipper Shorebased classroom based courses are held at our training centre at Burton Waters Marina. The online version is on your PC, Mac or tablet.

WHAT ARE THE PRE REQUISITES FOR THE RYA DAY SKIPPER SHOREBASED COURSE?

The Day Skipper shorebased theory course is suitable for beginners. However, it is preferable that you have at least a few days experience crewing aboard a powerboat, keelboat, sailing or motor yacht. It fits in perfectly after the Competent Crew, Helmsman’s or Powerboat Level 2 Course.

WHAT IS COVERED ON THE RYA DAY SKIPPER SHOREBASED COURSE?

The Day Skipper Shorebased course is a navigation course for beginners wanting to progress to Skipper level (either sail or power). The RYA syllabus is designed to introduce students to:

• Basic seamanship
• Navigation
• A basic knowledge of lights
• Meteorology
• IRPCS

When taking a RYA Day Skipper Shorebased Theory course with Nautical Training, students will have the opportunity to use the real kit; our classroom is equipped with live tablets with chart plotter apps and we integrate traditional (paper chart) navigation with the more modern electronic navigation throughout the course.

INCLUDED

Day Skipper training at Nautical Training is comprehensive. We aim to make life as easy as possible for our students and provide the following within the course:

• Instruction
• Two RYA Training Charts
• RYA Day Skipper Shorebased Certificate
• Use of plotter and dividers whilst at the training centre
• Private Parking
• Tea & Coffee (at our centre)
• Email support for online students
• Free postage within the UK (for the online course)

NOT INCLUDED

5 day and Split Weekend Day Skipper Shorebased

• Meals and accommodation

Online Day Skipper

• Plotter and dividers (available to buy from us)
• Overseas postage (click for charges)

WHAT RATIO IS THE RYA DAY SKIPPER SHOREBASED THEORY TAUGHT AT?

The RYA allow centres to run with up-to 12 students on this course. While this works for night school we find it is far too many for our 5-day and weekend courses so we limit the class size to 8, which means you each get a double desk to spread your charts out on. In reality the class size is often smaller and we run with as few as two students.

WHY CHOOSE NAUTICAL TRAINING FOR THE RYA DAY SKIPPER SHOREBASED THEORY COURSE?

We are run by a team of experienced Instructors, (many of us have been in the industry for over two decades). It doesn’t matter which course you book onto or on which date: you will be guaranteed to receive the best level of training possible.

ONLINE COURSE INVIGILATION:

If you choose the online version of the course you will complete the same two assessment papers as our classroom students. For the majority of our students these papers do not require invigilation. However if you intend to use the RYA Day Skipper Shorebased Certificate to apply for a Commercial Endorsement then you will require invigilation. This does not have to be carried out at our centre, we can arrange for invigilation with an RYA Instructor near you (for which there may be a fee).

BOOKING

FACE TO FACE DAY SKIPPER SHOREBASED  COURSE

Select a date below. If the dates below do not suit you we can set up a bespoke 1:1, 2:1 or group course at a time that suits you, please contact us.

ONLINE DAY SKIPPER SHOREBASED  COURSE

Select the “online courses” tab below. All online courses are scheduled for January, regardless of the date you book so you can effectively ignore the date listed.