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Essential Navigation and Seamanship

The RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship course is a shore-based program that introduces basic navigation and safety skills. Topics include reading charts, understanding tides, and using navigation tools. Participants also learn how to interpret weather forecasts and plan passages. This course is ideal for sailors, motorboaters, and anyone new to ...see more
Course

Course Overview

The RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship course is a shore-based program that introduces basic navigation and safety skills. Topics include reading charts, understanding tides, and using navigation tools. Participants also learn how to interpret weather forecasts and plan passages. This course is ideal for sailors, motorboaters, and anyone new to the water, providing a strong foundation for safe and confident boating.
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Fundamentals

Course Content

Charts and Publications, safety, engine checks, buoyage, tidal awareness, visual and electronic navigation, pilotage, rules of the road, anchoring, weather forecasts, and passage planning.

Minimum Age
None (contact individual centres for under 16s)

Minimum Duration
16 hours in the classroom or approximately 8-10 hours online

Certificate Issuing Criteria

Basic knowledge of navigation and safety

Course Format
Classroom Online

Places running this course