Practical courses

Shorebased courses

RYA Start Yachting

A short introduction to sailing for complete beginners. Where you will also experience your first night on board.

RYA Day Skipper Shorebased

A comprehension introduction to cruising for inexperienced skipper, who are planning to navigate in familiar waters during the day.

RYA Competent Crew

This course is for beginners and those who would like to become active crew members rather than just passengers.

RYA Coastal Skipper/ Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased

Advanced training for more experienced skippers building on the Day Skipper course. This course equips you to navigate safely on coastal and offshore passages.

RYA Day Skipper

A course for aspiring skippers with previous basic yachting experience and navigation skills.

RYA Coastal Skipper

Advanced skippering course for more experienced skippers wanting to extend their knowledge of skippering coastal passages by day and night.

Yachtmaster Coastal/ Yachtmaster Offshore
Prep and Exam

The RYA Yachtmaster Coastal/ Yachtmaster Offshore Preparation course is an intensive programme for those who hold the required prerequisite experience to sit the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal or RYA Yachtmaster Offshore exam.

RYA Fast Track Yachtmaster

A one-day beginners‘ course to help you prevent and solve diesel engine failure.

Own Boat Tuition

A one-day beginners‘ course to help you prevent and solve diesel engine failure.

A course as you want it

A one-day beginners‘ course to help you prevent and solve diesel engine failure.

ICC - International Certificate of Competence

A one-day beginners‘ course to help you prevent and solve diesel engine failure.

RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Shorebased Course

This course is for those aspiring to blue water cruising and is ideal for holders of the Yachtmaster Offshore certificate who are preparing for their first ocean passage

RYA Marine Radio Short Range Certificate

The RYA Marine Radio Short Range Certificate (SRC) is the minimum qualification required to operate marine VHF radio equippment on a UK flagged vessels and recognised Worldwide. It is also a requirement for a skipper willing to charter a vessel in various countries.

RYA Diesel Engine Course

A one-day beginners‘ course to help you prevent and solve diesel engine failure.

RYA Radar Course

A one-day course giving you an understanding of radar as an aid to navigation and collision avoidance.

RYA First Aid

Our one-day course covers all the usual first aid subjects, but from a boating perspective. This on-day course is design to porovide a working knowledge of first aid for people using small craft and support skippers.