RYA Day Skipper Practical is a course for those who are ready for more responsibility. It gives you the skills to skipper your own boat safely and confidently anywhere in the Mediterranean, Baltic, or other non-tidal waters.
If you're planning a flotilla holiday or bareboat charter holiday, this is the course for you. With tuition from our highly qualified Instructors, this course has long been one of our most popular. In five days we'll teach you the skills to skipper a cruising yacht
Although this is a more demanding course than Competent Crew, we'll make time for swimming, sunbathing, and a few good bottles of wine along the way.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Day Skipper Non-Tidal teaches you the skills you?ll need to skipper a yacht in non-tidal waters, by day.
It's a fairly intense course, covering practical pilotage, navigation, seamanship and boat-handling, including 'Med'-mooring - everything you need to become a confident skipper. Just think how you'll feel bringing your own yacht into the harbour...
NO EXAMS!
There is no written examination for this course. Assessment is based on how well you have performed your practical and navigation tasks during your time on board. If your instructor is satisfied that you are competent and safe to take a small yacht out to sea in calm conditions, you will be awarded the RYA Day Skipper Practical Non-Tidal photo-ID certificate, which can be used to charter a yacht in any non-tidal area of the world.
