REVIEW 2016


ANNUAL


Wavelength keeping RYA instructors and coaches in touch


Dates for the Diary


6-15 January 17: London Boat Show, ExCel


21-22 January 17: RYA National Training Conference, Swindon. See page 20


28-29 January 17: RYA Raymarine Yachtmaster™ Instructor Conference, Swindon. See page 20


10 February 17: Copy date for April Wavelength


In this issue... Editorial


2


Richard Falk, RYA Director of Training and Qualifications, reviews the year and wishes you a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.


Training Notices 3 Training Guidance 5


December 2016


Featured articles 6 Previous Wavelength articles chosen because they are particularly pertinent or concern a subject that deserves another airing.


Something for Everyone


14


Highlights changes for 2017: No more distinction between


tidal/non tidal; New Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore shorebased packs, RYA Membership benefits and much more.


Resources 18


RYA Books app and lots of information and resources to help you run courses and reach new students.


Celebrating digital success! T RYA Training


he digitising of all RYA books will finally be complete with the


release of the Yachtmaster Shorebased Notes (E-YSN) and the Astro Navigation Handbook (E-G78). It’s been an amazing journey of development since we launched our first iOS app with only three eBooks in 2011. From those early days it has grown to such an extent that we now have:


@rya_training @RYAPublications


» 7 apps across iOS, Android and Windows, for use on over 13,000 devices


» 76 eBooks for sale and 30 for free (including RYA Magazine, Wavelength etc)


» 4 digital ePacks so students can choose how they learn


» 80,000 app users from 100 countries around the world. Establishing a


reputation of such digital excellence has


led to our latest partnership


with World Sailing delivering a ground-breaking multi-lingual digital platform for the Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020. We’ve come so far in pushing the boundaries and look forward to making those all-important improvements to make eBooks work for an even wider audience and develop further opportunities. See page 19 for further details on the latest redesign.


Events 20


A What’s On guide of upcoming events during 2017.


18 February 17: RYA Sailability National Conference, Annual Dinner and Volunteer Awards Ceremony. See page 20


4-5 March 17: RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show, Alexandra Palace, London. See page 20


13-23 May 17: RYA Push the Boat Out. See page 20


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