Description
Going further afield, maybe at night and aware of all the IRPCS rules and sound navigational planning? The knowledge to Yachtmaster/Coastal Skipper and radar that that this combination of courses will provide will assist in the provision of great passage planning, its execution and monitoring along the way.
Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Theory Course Overview:
This RYA Yachtmaster Theory course is ideal for candidates for the Advanced Powerboat Helm (Day and Night) and Coastal Skipper practical course & Yachmaster Offshore exam. The RYA Yachtmaster qualification is the pinnacle of yacht training for sail or power. Anyone seeking to gain an RYA Advanced Powerboat/Yachtmaster Certificate of Competence requires a broad theoretical knoweledge base and a significant practical skill.
The RYA Yachtmaster Theory Course containts some revision of the Day Skipper shorebased course plus more advanced skills in offshore & coastal navigation by day & night, pilotage & meteorology.
- Position fixing,
- Course shaping and plotting,
- Tidal knowledge,
- Use of almanacs and admiralty publications,
- Electronic position finding equipment,
- Taking and interpreting forecasts,
- Plotting weather systems,
- Weather predictions using a barometer.
RYA Radar Course Overview:
This one day course gives students an understanding of this increasingly popular piece of equipment on both sailing and motorboats. Radar is an invaluable aid f or navigation and collision avoidance but it is only useful in the hands of a knowledgable operator. The course can be conducted ashore using RYA approved software, or afloat on an authorised vessel. Course content includes:
- Switching on and set-up
- Understanding the picture
- Refining the picture
- Radar Reflectors
- Fixing position by Radar
- Pilotage by Radar
- Collision avoidance
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