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COASTAL SKIPPER / YACHTMASTER® OFFSHORE


Advanced training for more experienced skippers building on the Day Skipper course


This course equips you to navigate safely on coastal and off shore passages. It allows some time for revision of the basics and then moves on to advanced navigation techniques.


Course topics include ³ position fi xing ³ course shaping and plotting ³ tidal knowledge ³ use of almanacs and admiralty publications


RYA Navigation Handbook


RECOMMENDED BOOKS


For Coastal Skipper/ Yachtmaster® Off shore


³ electronic position fi nding equipment ³ taking and interpreting forecasts ³ plotting weather systems ³ weather predictions using a barometer and by observation


³ collision regulations ³ customs and excise regulations for cruising abroad


This course will take your theory knowledge to the standard required for the Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster® Off shore practical exams, concentrating on advanced navigation and meteorology skills. As with the Day Skipper shorebased


course, the RYA’s specially designed chart plotter software will be used during the course to give you a realistic taste of modern electronic navigation. Students in the southern hemisphere can take advantage of the southern hemisphere version of our training materials, ensuring that your course is relevant to you. The course is taught over 40 hours with


three exam papers. It can be covered as a series of short sessions, as an intensive week-long course, or by distance learning.


RYA Navigation Exercises


RYA Weather Handbook


RYA Sail Cruising Logbook


RYA Motor Cruising Logbook


RYA Tom Cunliff e’s Manual of Seamanship


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Navigation and Specialist Short Courses 2011/2012


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