Day Skipper Shore Based Courses

The day skipper shorebased couse is a comprehensive introduction to navigation and cruising for inexperienced skippers.

This course equips you with enough knowledge to navigate around familiar waters by day. A basic knowledge of lights is also included to introduce you to night cruising.

Course topics include:

the basics of seamanship
the essentials of coastal navigation and pilotage
chartwork
electronic charts
position fixing
plotting a course to steer
weather forecasting and meteorology
tides
collision regulations
construction, parts and equipment of a cruising boat
emergency and safety procedures including distress calls,use of flares, safety harnesses, lifejackets and liferafts

RYA Day Skipper Theory course, Surrey Sailing

Course options:

We appreciate that finding time for courses can be difficult therefore we offer a range of course options each winter to suit your needs:

8 evenings & 1 weekend - 1 evening per week 6.30pm to 9.30pm plus 1 weekend
13 evenings - 1 evening per week 6.30pm to 9.30pm (starting each September)

Next course dates:

8 Evenings - 10, 17, 24, 31 October, 7, 14, 21, 28 November
plus weekend of 1 & 2 December