RYA Training Courses
Plymouth Sound and its rivers (Tamar, Lynher and Plym) provides an incomparable training ground no matter what the weather for boat handling and pilotage skills.
The scheme comprises a series of practical courses, complemented by our navigation and other specialist short courses. You can use them simply to increase your knowledge and confidence, or as a progression to the RYA/MCA Certificates of Competence which are recognised by maritime authorities worldwide
The ideal introduction is the two-day Start Yachting course.
Following that, courses generally take place over five days, or a
series of weekends.
You can enter our programme at any level, provided that you have the correct level of experience beforehand. Be realistic when assessing your current experience and abilities and, if in doubt, call us and we will be happy to discuss your requirements with you.
| Course | Pre Course Knowledge/Experience | Ability After Course |
| RYA Start Yachting Taster Weekend | None |
First steps to becoming a knowledgeable and useful crew member |
| RYA Competent Crew | None | Knowledgeable and useful crew member |
| RYA Day Skipper | Basic navigation and sailing ability. 5 Days sailing, 100 miles, 4 night hours. | Skipper a small yacht in familiar waters by day. |
| RYA Coastal Skipper Prep and MCA/RYA Exam | 30 Days (2 days as skipper)800 miles, 12 night hours Navigation to Coastal/Yachtmaster shore based standard VHF/SRC licence First Aid certificate | Has the knowledge and ability to skipper a yacht on coastal cruises but not necessarily the experience needed to undertake longer passages |
| RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Prep and MCA/RYA Exam | 50 Days (5 days as skipper)2500 miles 5 passages over 60 miles (including 2 overnight) Navigation to Coastal/Yachtmaster shore based standard VHF/SRC licence First Aid certificate | A Yachtmaster is competent to skipper a cruising yacht on any passage during which the yacht is no more than 150 miles from a harbour |
| RYA Cruising Instructor | RYA/MCA
Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competency commercially
endorsed. Able to give convincing demonstrations of any part of the RYA Competent Crew and RYA Day Skipper syllabus |
Qualified to teach to teach the RYA Competent Crew and RYA Day Skipper practical courses. |
