The course is 5 days in duration.

Minimum age is 17.

Pre-Course Experience:

• 15 days actively sailing a sailing yacht at sea
• 300 sea miles
• 8 night hours
• 2 days as skipper

Practical Course Syllabus

1. Passage planning

Knowledge of

• The effects of fouling on boat speed and fuel consumption

Understands

• Fuel consumption at different speeds and can calculate fuel required for a passage, including reserve
• Customs procedures
• Stability

Can

• Plan a coastal passage, taking into consideration the capability of the vessel, navigation, victualling, weather, ports of refuge, tidal heights and tidal streams, publications required, and strategy

2. Preparation for Sea

Understands

• What safety equipment is required for offshore passages

Can

• Prepare a cruising vessel for sea, including stowage, safety briefing, watch keeping, delegating responsibilities, equipment, and engine checks

3. Pilotage

Can

• Prepare a pilotage plan, taking into consideration soundings, transits, clearing bearings, buoyage, port or harbour regulations, and tidal factors
• Pilot a cruising vessel by day and at night

4. Passage-making and Ability as Skipper

Understands

• The practical uses of integrated electronic aids to navigation, including AIS, radar, electronic navigational charts (ENC)s, and raster navigational charts (RNCs)

Can

• Take charge of a yacht and direct the crew
• Organise the navigation, deck work and domestic duties of a cruising vessel on passage
• Be aware of crew welfare on passage
• Use electronic navigational equipment for planning and undertaking a passage, including the use of waypoints and routes

5. Yacht Handling Under Power

Understands

• How to identify and take into account wind and current conditions when planning and executing manoeuvres (practical experience where possible)

Can

• Control the cruising vessel effectively in a confined space under power, including all berthing and unberthing situations 
• Pick up a mooring bow or stern-to
• Avoid excessive use of power

6. Yacht Handling Under Sail

Understands

• How to identify and take into account wind and current conditions when planning and executing manoeuvres (practical experience where possible)

Can

• Use the sails to control the yacht in a confined space
• Consistently pick up a mooring
• Sail efficiently on all points of sail, including downwind techniques

7. Adverse Weather Conditions

Understands

• How to handle a cruising vessel in strong winds
• General conduct in restricted visibility

Can

• Prepare a cruising vessel for heavy weather
• Navigate in restricted visibility

8. Emergency Situations

Understands

• The actions to be taken when abandoning to a life raft, and during helicopter and lifeboat rescues
• How to carry out the aftercare requirements on a casualty who has been in the water

Can

• Describe to a crew member the effects of cold-water shock on a casualty who has been in the water
• Recover a man overboard under power
• Recover a man overboard under sail

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You will learn to apply the pilotage, navigation and seamanship skills you have, which needs to be at the level of the RYA Day Skipper Sailing Theory, and boat handling skills up to the standard required to skipper a small cruising yacht safely by day in waters with which you are familiar.

Knowledge

• Day Skipper Theory 
• 5 days at sea
• 100 sea miles – actively taking part in sailing a yacht
• 4 night hours

The course can be taken with us

• 5 days in duration taken consecutively

Day Skipper Practical Course Syllabus

1. Preparation for sea

Knowledge of

• Basic stability and buoyancy for small vessels

Can

• Prepare a cruising vessel for sea, including engine checks, securing and stowage of all gear on deck and below
• Selection of sails

2. Deck work

Can

• Prepare an anchor, mooring warps and take charge on deck when mooring alongside, coming to a buoy, anchoring, weighing anchor and slipping from a buoy or an alongside berth
• Reef, shake out reefs and change sails to suit prevailing conditions

3. Navigation

Is proficient in chart work and routine navigational duties on passage including:

Knowledge of

• The uses and limitations of AIS

Understands

• Working up Dead Reckoning (DR) and Estimated Position (EP)
• Use of a lead line or similar
• How to work out a course to steer to allow for tidal stream, leeway and drift

Can

• Take and plot visual fixes
• Use electronic navigation equipment for position fixing
• Use secondary means of position fixing
• Estimate tidal streams and tidal heights
• Use of waypoints and routes
• Use knowledge of IALA Buoyage
• Maintain navigational records
• Use an echo sounder

4. Pilotage

Can

• Prepare and execute a pilotage plan for entry into, or departure from, harbour
• Use leading and clearing lines
• Use transits and soundings as aids to pilotage

5. Meteorology

Understands

• How to interpret shipping forecasts and use a barometer as a forecasting aid

Can

• Source forecast information

6. Rule of the Road

Can

• Demonstrate suitable awareness of other water users both at sea and in close-quarter manoeuvring
• Demonstrate a practical understanding of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

7. Maintenance and repair work

Knowledge of

• The properties and uses of common synthetic fibre ropes

Understands

• Maintenance tasks and is able to carry them out

8. Engines

Has a working knowledge of the prevention of common engine faults and is competent in the following areas:

Understands

• The need for periodic maintenance checks on engines and electrical installations
• Requirements for tool kits, spares and lubricants
• The location of filters and bleed points for fuel
• The tension of drive belts and how to adjust or replace them.

Can

• Carry out checks before starting, while running and after stopping
• Clean water filters and knows the location of impellors
• Estimate fuel consumption at various speeds and knows the effects of fouling
• Basic troubleshooting

9. Victualling

Understands

• How to victual a cruising yacht appropriately for the planned passage

10. Emergency situations

Understands

• How to issue distress signals by all available means, including distress flares and a VHF radio in an emergency
• How to use a life raft
• How to secure a tow
• Rescue procedures including helicopter rescue
• The effects of cold water shock on a casualty in the water
• The aftercare requirements of a casualty who has been in the water

Can

• Carry out the correct action as skipper for the recovery of a man overboard

11. Handling under Power

Knowledge of

• Effects of waves on boat handling and crew comfort

Understands

• Differing styles of hull and propulsion systems
• How to moor and leave a bow/stern to mooring (practical experience where possible)
• How to identify and take into account wind and current conditions when planning and executing manoeuvres (practical experience where possible)

Can

• Carry out the following manoeuvres under power :
  • Steer a straight course
  • Turn in a confined space
  • Anchor at a pre-determined position 
  • Berth alongside 
  • Leave an alongside berth 
  • Pick up a mooring buoy 

12. Yacht handling under sail

Understands

• The characteristics of different types of keels
• How to identify and take into account wind and current conditions when planning and executing manoeuvres and choosing appropriate sail plan (practical experience where possible)

Can

• Bring a boat safely to and from a mooring buoy 
• Anchor
• Steer and trim sails effectively on all points of sailing

13. Passage making

Knowledge of

• Marina Locks

Understands

• The practical benefits and limitations of a chart plotter or GNSS

Can

• Plan and make a coastal passage, taking account of relevant navigational hazards and limitations imposed by the type of boat and the strength of the crew

14. Night cruising

Knowledge of

• Has experience of sailing at night, including leaving and entering a harbour

Understands

• Special considerations for pilotage plans, keeping a lookout and identifying marks by night

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This course introduces you to sail cruising.  You will learn about personal safety, seamanship and helmsmanship to a level that will make you a useful crew member of a sail cruising yacht.

No previous experience is required.

The course can be taken as

• 5 days in duration if taken consecutively
• 3 sets of 2 days
• 2 days  followed by 3 days

Syllabus

1. Sea Terms and Parts of a Boat, her Rigging and Sails

Understands

• Orders given concerning the sailing and day-to-day running of the boat

2. Sail Handling

Can

• Bend on, set, reef and handle sails
• Use sheets and halyards and their associated winches

3. Ropework

Can

• Use sheets and halyards and their associated winches
• Handle ropes, including coiling, stowing, securing to cleats and single and double bollards
• Handle warps
• Tie the following knots and knows their correct use: figure-of-eight; clove hitch; bowline; round turn and two half hitches; reef knot; rolling hitch; single and double sheet bend

4. Fire Precautions and Fighting

Understands

• The hazards of fire and the precautions necessary to prevent it
• The action to be taken in the event of fire

5. Personal Safety Equipment

Understands

• How to comply with guidance for the wearing of safety harnesses, life jackets and personal buoyancy aids

6. Man Overboard

Understands

• The action to be taken to recover a man overboard
• How cold water shock can affect a casualty in the water

7. Emergency equipment

Understands

• How to launch and board a life raft
• Distress flares and knows when they should be used

8. Manners and Customs

Understands

• Accepted practice with regard to: use of burgees and ensigns; prevention of unnecessary noise or disturbance in harbour including courtesies to other berthed craft
• The responsibility of the boating community to protect the environment

9. Rules of the Road

Can

• Keep an efficient lookout at sea

10. Tender Usage

Understands

• The loading rules and complies with them
• The use and importance of a kill cord
• Safety equipment for tenders

Can

• Handle a dinghy under oars

11. Meteorology

Knowledge of

• The Beaufort Scale

Understands

• The forecasting services and where to obtain a forecast

12. Seasickness

Working efficiency is unaffected/partially affected/severely affected by seasickness (delete as applicable)

13. Helmsmanship and Sailing

Understands

• The basic principles of sailing

Can

• Steer and trim sails on all points of sailing
• Steer a compass course, under sail and power

14. General Duties

Can

• Carry out general duties satisfactorily on deck and below decks in connection with the daily routine of the vessel

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You will experience steering a yacht, sail handling, ropework, and be aware of safety on board.

You require no pre-course experience.

The course is taken as 2 days and is a residential course.

Minimum age is 8.

RYA Start Yachting Syllabus

1. The Yacht

Knowledge of

• Sea terms: Parts of a boat, her rigging and sails

2. Ropework

Understands

• The bowline

Can

• Tie the following knots: Figure of eight; Round turn and two half hitches
• Secure a rope to a cleat
• Use winches and jamming cleats

3. Under way

Knowledge of

• Sailing a yacht on all points of sail

Can

• Steer a yacht under sail or power

4. Rules of the Road

Can

• Keep an efficient lookout at sea

5. Meteorology

Understands

• Where to obtain a weather forecast

6. Man Overboard Recovery

Understands

• The action to be taken as crew to recover a man overboard
• The effects of cold-water shock on a casualty

7. Clothing and Equipment

Undertands

• Good practice for the wearing of safety harnesses, life jackets and personal buoyancy aids

8. Emergency Equipment and Precautions

Understands

• Hazards on board a yacht
• Actions to be taken in the event of an emergency

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The course is 16 hours and is taken as a 2 day non – residential course here at Endeavour Sailing. Minimum age is 12. Level 1 and 2 combined will count towards two days of a RYA Competent Crew Sailing Course.

Practical Course Syllabus

1. Rigging

Can

• Understand how to rig according to weather and conditions Reef alongside

Understands

• Use of halyards and their associated winches

2. Sailing Technique and Manoeuvres

Knowledge of

• Leaving and returning to a jetty or mooring Coming alongside a moored boat Sailing in close proximity to other vessels Performing a man-overboard recovery Lee shore dangers

Understands

• Sailing using transits

Can

• Use the Four Essentials (sail setting; balance; boat trim; course made good)
• Tack while sailing upwind, sailing efficiently, losing minimal ground
• Gybe in a controlled manner while sailing downwind
• Show good communication when manoeuvring
• Understand and show awareness of other water users
• Sail around a short course using all points of sail and crewing skills
• Anchor

3. Ropework

Can

• Tie a bowline, clove hitch and reef knot

4. Racing

Knowledge of

• The course starting procedure (covered as onshore session)

5. Rigging

Can

• Reef afloat

6. Ropework

Can

• Use winches and cleats

7. Use of Engines

Knowledge of

• Engine checks; starting, stopping and running procedures
• Picking up a mooring

Understands

• Coming alongside

8. Emergency Equipment and Precautions

Knowledge of

• A VHF Radio and how it could be used for distress signalling

Understands

• How to launch and board a life raft
• How cold-water shock can affect a casualty in the water
• The importance of first aid kits and flares, including stowage

Sailing Theory Syllabus

1. Clothing and equipment

Understands

• The importance of personal safety

Can

• Comply with rules for the wearing of safety harnesses, life jackets and buoyancy aids

2. Slipping and Coming Alongside

Can

• Take the action to be taken as a crew member when departing or arriving at a yacht’s mooring

3. Sailing Background

Knowledge of

• How a sail works
• How a sailing boat moves (basic theory)

Understands

• Basic rules of the road; collision avoidance; power/sail; port/starboard; windward boat; overtaking boat
• The points of sailing and the ‘no go zone’

4. Meteorology

Knowledge of

• The Beaufort Wind scale
• Inshore forecasts and their interpretation
• A simple synoptic chart

Understands

• Sources of relevant weather forecasts
• When to reef

5. Coastal Waters (Tidal and Non-tidal)

Knowledge of

• Tide tables

Understands

• How to apply weather forecasts in coastal waters
• The tidal sequence of springs and neaps , and ebb and flow
• Speed over ground with/against tidal flow
• The effect of wind direction and tidal flow on sailing conditions
• How to access local information and advice for sea sailing
• The importance of informing someone ashore of your sailing plan

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You require no pre-course experience. 

The course is 16 hours and is taken as a 2 day non – residential course here at Endeavour Sailing.

Minimum age is 12.

Practical Course Syllabus

1. Rigging

Knowledge of

• Spars and rigging; parts of the sail and sail controls
• Wind awareness ashore

Understands

• Use of halyards and their associated winches

2. Sailing Technique and Manoeuvres

Knowledge of

• The Four Essentials (sail setting; balance; boat trim; and course made good)

Understands

• Wind awareness afloat
• Sailing upwind
• Controlling speed
• Sailing downwind
• Tacking – turning the front of the boat through the wind
• Gybing – turning the back of the boat through the wind, from a training run
• The importance of good communication when manoeuvring

Can

• Reach – sailing across the wind
• Stop – heave-to

3. Slipping and Coming Alongside

Knowledge of

• The action to be taken as a crew member when departing or arriving at the yacht’s mooring

4. Ropework

Knowledge of

• Round turn and two half hitches; clove hitch; bowline

Can

• Tie a figure of eight know; secure a rope to a cleat; secure a fender to the yacht

5. Clothing and Equipment

Can

• Use and correctly fit life jackets
• Use a safety harness if fitted

6. Emergency Equipment and Precautions

Knowledge of

• How cold-water shock can affect a casualty in the water

Understands

• The potential hazards of fuel and gas
• Where safety equipment is stowed and how it is used

Can

• Perform actions to be taken as a crew member to recover a man overboard (MOB)

Sailing Theory Syllabus

1. Clothing and equipment

Knowledge of

• The importance of personal safety, clothing and buoyancy

2. Sailing Background

Knowledge of

• How to be aware of other water users
• Basic rules of the road – collision avoidance; power/sail; port/starboard; overtaking boat; windward boat

Can

• Use visual methods to attract attention

3. Meteorology

Knowledge of

• Where to obtain a weather forecast

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