RYA SCHEME:

Course Content	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, and weather predictions using a barometer.
Minimum Age	None (contact individual centres for under 16s).
Minimum Duration	40 hours plus exam time
Certificate Issuing Criteria	Three assessment papers are taken as part of the course with a pass mark criteria for each one.
Course Format	Classroom Online

Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore Theory