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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

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Alderney Sailing Club

Alderney, Alderney, Guernsey
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Canolfan Conway Centre

Alderney, Alderney, United Kingdom
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Skilltrack

London, London, United Kingdom
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London School Of Navigation

London, London, United Kingdom
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Wembley Sailing Club

London, London, United Kingdom
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Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre

London, London, United Kingdom
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City Sailing

City Sailing helps you enhance your sailing by organising group and individual theory courses in London and further afield. We are the London Sailing Experts here to help you with your sailing needs. We specialise the RYA Theory courses and offer MCA STCW First Aid, Sea Survival Courses, MCA BML ... read more
London, London, United Kingdom
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Outward Bound Aberdovey

Aberdovey, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
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Zephyr Training

Antibes, Antibes, France
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Bluewater Yachting

Antibes, Antibes, France
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Blue Sailing

Arzon, Brittany, France
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Carsington Sports & Leisure Ltd

Ashbourne, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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Seafarer Training – Theory

Ashley Road, London, United Kingdom
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Sail School NI

Bangor, County Down, United Kingdom
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SMC Marine

Bangor, County Down, United Kingdom
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Ballyholme Yacht Club

Bangor, County Down, United Kingdom
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North Devon Yacht Club

Bideford, Devon, United Kingdom
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Royal Northumberland Yacht Club

Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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Babcock Training

Borthwick Street, London, United Kingdom
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Brixham Yacht Club

Brixham, Devon, United Kingdom