The courses are 5 Days & Nights / Full Board (Mon-Fri) with Check-In/ Arrival from 1830hrs on Sundays, at our LargsCentre. Return is for about 1400hrs on the Friday and each night is spent on board in cabins, at a different island / location / marina, in the Firth of Clyde & Islands sailing area. Sailing takes place during the day on a teaching and continual-assessment basis so there is no exam or test. You will certainly experience longer passages, navigation exercises and night-sails. There is no formal examination, but only a RYA Yachtmaster® Offshore Instructor may lead this course
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Couples will always get a Private Cabin at no extra cost, and individual females will always have a choice of a completely separate berth, or sharing a separated twin with another female. Different course types can be mixed on-board.
Each yacht is licenced for 8 persons, but on any RYA Course there is a maximum ofFive Persons + 1 RYA Yachtmaster® Instructor, per yacht - with up to 5 yachts departing each week (Sun-Fri), and weekend (Fri-Sun) for the three-weekends option.
RYA Photo-I.D. Licence-Card Certificate for
RYA Day + Coastal Skipper
Booking in advance with the £99pp Deposit is advised to ensure that you get the dates you want.
With our Refund Guarantee you can cancel for a full refund or change dates at any time up until 35 days prior, without any penalty.
1. Passage Planning
6. Sail Handling
2. Prep for Sea
7. Adverse Weather
3. Pilotage
8. Emergencies
4. Passage Making
9. Ability as Skipper
5. Power Handling
10. Navigation
Challenge Scale:
Recommended Pre-Course Experience
300 Miles, 15 Days' Seatime (2 as Skipper), 8 Night-Hours. Sailing ability to Day Skipper level..
...the Coastal Skipper is a more challenging training course for the more experienced or those who have already achieved their Day Skipper...
These 5-Days / Nights courses run every week Sun-Fri from Mid-Feb to Mid-Nov, with up to 5 yachts departing every week and weekend, returning on Fridays for about 1400hrs. There are usually special-offers available for the last remaining spaces on a date.
This course is not authorised to be run over 3-Weekends due to the nature of the training and length of passages required.
A typical course or experience will entail leaving our centre at Largs Yacht Haven and engaging in sailing activities and training during the day, whilst en route to a destination. You will likely cover many tens of miles up to 150 miles per week, and you will also have the opportunity to participate in an exciting 4-hour night sail!
You and your crew will be completely involved in the decisions about where to travel to - and how to get there. This is all part of the course, is vital learning and all part of the fun!
There are plenty of places to visit - Isle of Arran, Kyles and Isle of Bute, Rothesay, Tartbert, Portavadie, Holy Loch, Rhu, Loch Long and Loch Riddon to name just a few - you can't explore it all in just one week!
Experience stunning mountains, castles, whales, dolphins, seals and birdlife - even sail past Royal Navy submarines and other interesting marine traffic too!
...the Coastal Skipper is a more challenging training course for the more experienced or those who have already achieved their Day Skipper
