Navigation Training

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.
• MCA Master 200 & OOW 500  Bespoke preparation towards the MCA oral exam (for existing Yachtmasters).

 

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	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
MCA Master 200 (code) & OOW 500 (yacht)	5			✅	✅	✅
MCA OOW 3000 (yacht)	5				✅
MCA Celestial Navigation	5				✅	✅
MCA Chief Mate (yacht)	5				✅
MCA Master 500 (yacht)	5				✅
MCA Master 500 (workboat)	5					✅
MCA Master 3000 (yacht)	5				✅