Description
Advanced theoretical training for more experienced sailors who want to become a Coastal Skipper, Coastal Yachtmaster or Yachtmaster Offshore.
Knowledge required to navigate safely in coastal and offshore passages. Review of the fundamentals and progress to advanced navigation techniques up to the standard required for the Coastal/Offshore Yachtmaster practical exams.
Duration: 40 hours
These are the books we recommend to study before the course:
You must bring your Plotter Kit to the course or you can purchase it at the school.
Conditions and requirements
Yachtmaster Coastal Requirements:
- Minimum Experience: 30 days, 2 days as skipper, 800 miles, 12 night hours (if you have the Coastal Skipper Certificate, it is reduced as follows: 20 days, 2 days as skipper, 400 miles, 12 night hours). Half of the experience must have been obtained in tidal waters.
- For the practical exam: GMDSS Short Range Certificate (SRC) or higher radio level (certificate) is required. A valid first aid certificate
- Minimum age: 17
Yachtmaster Offshore Requirements:
- Minimum experience: have at least 5 passages of 60 miles measured from the port of departure to the port of destination as skipper for at least two of these passages, including two that are overnight. 5 days of experience as skipper. At least half of this mileage and the passages must be made in tidal waters.
- For the practical exam: GMDSS Short Range Certificate (SRC) or higher radio level (certificate) is required. And a valid first aid certificate.
- Minimum age: 18
Syllabus
Course topics:
-Position fixing.
-Course shaping and plotting.
-Tidal knowledge and prediction.
-Use of almanacs and admiralty publications.
-Electronic position finding equipment.
-Taking and interpreting forecasts.
-Plotting weather systems.
-Weather predictions using a barometer and by observation.
-Collision regulations.
-Customs regulations for cruising abroad.
