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The Day Skipper Theory course is a comprehensive introduction to cruising for inexperienced skippers. The course equips you with enough knowledge to navigate around familiar waters by day. A basic knowledge of lights is also included to introduce you to night cruising.

It is full of fantastic information from tying a knot, tidal height, tidal streams, weather to plotting a course to steer and passage plans. Once you have completed the course you will be safer for yourself, your friends and family and after completing an RYA Day Skipper Practical course, you should be well on your way to being a first class skipper. 

The course takes approximately 40 hours to complete with an assessment of 2 parts (1.5 hours for each) taken in one sitting.

Price: £310

Previous Experience: None
Assumed Knowledge: None
Duration: At your own pace 

Course Content 

  • Chartwork
  • Position Fixing
  • Course to Steer
  • Meteorology
  • Tides
  • Collisions Regulations 
  • Parts of a Boat & Equipment
  • Emergency Procedures 
  • Coastal Navigation & Pilotage 

 

What's Included?

  • RYA Pack (course notes, exercises, practice charts, training almanac)
  • Portland Course Plotter & Dividers
  • Access to Online Course (valid for 6 months from time of booking)
  • Email & Phone Support from our Instructors 
  • Postage of Pack (UK only, outside of the UK can be arranged with an additional fee)

Blended Learning 

  1. Online course with 1 day in the classroom - £POA
  2. Online course with 4x 45 minute sessions via Zoom or Teams - £415

Why Choose an Interactive Course? 

The course is made up of detailed lessons, most of which are animated for easy learning. Each lesson is followed by a set of questions which can be answered online. Once an answered is submitted, the feedback is instant in the form of a detailed answer page. Some will be forwarded to your instructor who will provide personal feedback and help where required. 

You can book your course online and be working straight away on the sections where the RYA pack is not needed. Your RYA pack, containing your charts, RYA almanac, RYA course notes and course plotter, will be posted the same day. The course is professionally written in association with Navathome by fully qualified instructors with a background in e-learning. 

Invigilated Assessments

These can be offered for free to anyone who books an online course with us and who requires an invigilated assessment for a commercial endorsement or as a Master 200 prerequisite. We can also arrange invigilated assessments at other sites around the country, or elsewhere in the world, at a cost. 

Navathome Course Access Details 

To enable access to your online course we need to share some of your personal data with Navathome via www.navathome.com. This training website and database is held and maintained on a secure server. Navathome is an RYA training centre which specialises on online navigation training and will not use your personal data for any reason other than enabling your course. 

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Your payment information will be collected by "SeaRegs Training" on behalf of Navathome. This information is collected by "SeaRegs Training" and is not passed on to any other organisation. Payment information for the purpose of logging you into the Navathome admin will not be retained once the payment is mad. Your name and email address will be entered on www.navathome.com in order to create your user account. Your postal address will be provided in order to send your student pack. You have access to the site for six months in order to completed your online course. During this period, your personal information will be held on the website by Navathome and may be available to "SeaRegs Training" who may have access to the Navathome database. This period may be extended should you wish to extend your course access. 

On completion of your course, your name and email will be retained by Navathome for the purpose of recording details of the course and any certification you gain as a result of it. This information allows Navathome to record your certification. Your instructor will not hold any information for the purposes of Navathome student support after this date. Please note that this agent may hold information to enable provision of other training not associated with the Navathome course. 

Should you not complete the course in the given time frame, your name and email will be retained by Navathome for the purpose of recording details of the course. This information allows Navathome to retain a record of coursework you have completed. Your instructor will not hold any information for the purposes of Navathome student support after this date. Please note that this training centre my old information to enable provision of other training not associated with the Navathome course.

If you would like your personal data removed from www.navathome.com prior to the end of your access period or at any time before you have completed your course, you can request it by email. Please contact info@navathome.com giving your name and email address and the course you would like to delete. Please note that if you request deletion of your account before you have completed your course, your access to the course and records of your progress will be lost. 

If you would like details of your online course removing from the Navathome database when you have completed the course, please email your request to info@navathome.com giving your name and email address. Please note that removal of course details from the Navathome database, means that any certification gained as a result of this course will not be verifiable by Navathome, nor would Navathome be able to help with replacement certificate. 

Full details of how Navathome will deal with your personal information will be displayed when you first access your course information. 

For Navathome's full terms and conditions, please visit www.navathome.com/terms

We hope that you can find the information your require on these pages, if you have any further questions, or require advice, please call us.