The RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Offshore Theory Course consists of advanced navigation and seamanship training for students wanting to move on to the RYA Coastal Skipper or Yachtmaster qualifications. This course equips you to safely navigate coastal and offshore passage by day and night and will take your theory knowledge to the standard required for the Coastal Skipper sailing practical course and also the RYA Yachtmaster Offshore practical exams, concentrating on advanced navigation and meteorology skills.
The RYA stipulates this Yachtmaster theory course must consist of a minimum of 40 hours instructor/student contact time, plus exam time. This fits nicely into 6 days of study at our classroom complex in Southampton which includes free parking. For those students wanting the satisfaction of obtaining the course completion certificate the 6th day is the exam day !
Each day will start at 9.30am and finish at about 5.30pm with revision homework set each night ( don`t worry only 30 minutes worth ). The course fee is from £349 inc all learning materials. We can loan you dividers, plotters, pens & pencils etc or just bring your own.
We are based at Shamrock Quay marina in Southampton ( Solent ) with free parking.
We do not offer this course online as we have found the classroom contact experience invaluable to most students. We strongly believe time in the classroom with other students and our RYA Yachtmaster instructors will give you the strongest result. We feel a highly experienced and qualified instructor will explain many areas of the course more clearly than Microsoft Powerpoint or similar.
Also be aware that your theory certificate from an online course will be marked as "NOT INVIGILATED".
It would be unsuitable in certain circumstances, one example would be if you wish to commercially endorse.
Solent Boat Training courses are always invigilated and so are accepted by all without restriction.
This RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Theory is the follow on course to the RYA Day Skipper Theory course. We therefore expect students to be at a practiced RYA Day Skipper Theory level prior the arriving at our training centre. We allow a small amount of time for revision, but can`t take you from nowhere to Yachtmaster Theory level in 6 days.
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