In the Classroom
Navigation Training
Choose Your Course
Navigation Courses
RYA RADAR
RYA ICC CEVNI
RYA Essential Navigation
RYA Day Skipper
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore
RYA Yachtmaster Ocean
RYA Yachtmaster FASTTRACK
Most of our navigation courses can be taken in the classroom or online;
BEGINNER
- RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship (a short introduction to tides and charts for sailors or powerboaters).
- RYA Day Skipper Shorebased (a more comprehensive introduction to chart, tides, weather, seamanship and the rules of the road).
- RYA CEVNI Test (a short test on European Inland waterways regulations. Once passed, CEVNI can be endorsed to an ICC for those wanting to go boating in Europe).
INTERMEDIATE
- RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased A more advanced course in coastal and offshore navigation for those who are already at Day Skipper standard and have some experience of putting it into practice.
- RYA Radar A short (one-day) course covering the use of Radar for small craft.
ADVANCED
- RYA Ocean Yachtmaster Shorebased An advanced course in astro navigation and world wide meterology. This course principally deals with using the sextant and the relevent publications.
- RYA Fast track to Yachtmaster
Course | Days | Online Option | Leisure Craft | Commercial Leisure craft | Super Yacht | Work Boat | Ocean Rower |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BEGINNER | |||||||
| RYA Essential Navigation | 2 | ||||||
| RYA Day Skipper Shorebased | 5 | ||||||
| CEVNI (Inland ICC) | |||||||
INTERMEDIATE | |||||||
| RYA Radar | 1 | ||||||
| RYA/MCA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased | 6 | ||||||
ADVANCED | |||||||
| RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Ocean Shorebased | 5 |