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Dates for the Diary


14 May 16: First Aid Instructors Conference. See page 5


14-22 May 16: RYA Push the Boat Out 2016. See page 16


1 Jan 17: End of tidal/non- tidal distinction on cruising courses. See page 2


1 Feb 17: All centres must comply with new insurance requirements. See page 11


In this issue...


Training Notices 2 Tidal syllabus to be included in all Day Skipper and Coastal Skipper practical courses


Training Guidance 2 Revised Guidance Notes for RYA ICC Test Centres


Sail & Motor


Cruising 2 Conference report and important changes to tidal teaching


Shorebased 4 Teaching tips, Training Plotter changes and First Aid Instructors conference


Powerboat, PW and


Inland Waterways 6 Killcord care, pilotage and passage planning


Sailing &


Windsurfing 8 T15 news, get ready for your pre-entry assessment


Tidal versus non-tidal D


ecades ago, when the RYA first began to allow RYA cruising centres


to be recognised in locations outside of the UK, it seemed like a sensible idea to differentiate between centres that were teaching in a tidal environment and those that were not. And so the concept of the ‘non-tidal’ RYA centre was born.


RYA Training


Roll forward several decades and the world has moved on. Now more than 20% of RYA training centres are outside the UK. The question of what constitutes a tidal area is less clear than ever. No other organisation in the world differentiates between tidal and non-tidal areas. Most importantly, the feedback from customers is that


@rya_training @RYAPublications


our insistence on maintaining parallel courses within the cruising scheme is confusing and perceived as irrelevant. After careful consideration, the decision has been made to remove the tidal/non-tidal distinction. From 1 January 2017 the courses will simply be known as the RYA Day Skipper and RYA Coastal


Skipper practical courses for sail and motor. There will be no reference to tidal or non-tidal. All centres will be required to include tuition on tides in all relevant courses, teaching tides practically where the environment is suitable and the theory concepts where no tidal influence is present. Turn to page 2 for all the detail.


April 2016 Safety


Management 11 When to tell us about incidents


Centre


Management 11 Essential information for running your centre


Something for


Everyone 12 Conference report, new resources, inclusive training


Around the UK 16 Childcare vouchers and Push The Boat Out


Comments 17 Paul Glatzel raises some interesting points about lifejackets


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