£425  /   6 Day course (Over 6 Friday's)

 Course Dates

Course aims

To introduce and develop students knowledge of Coastal and Offshore Navigation, Pilotage and Coastal and Offshore Passage making

Ability After Course

Background and underpinning knowledge to skipper a yacht on coastal passages by day and night

Expected Pre-course Knowledge

Up to level of Day Skipper Shore based standard

Course Content and Structure

Position fixing

Magnetic compass

Tides and tidal streams

Buoyage

Lights

Pilotage

GPS and Chart Plotter

Echo sounders

Logs

Meteorology

IRPCS

Safety at sea

Navigation in restricted visibility

Passage planning