RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship
Get an introduction to basic boat
navigation and seamanship
The RYA Online Essential Navigation
and Seamanship Course is an inspiring online course for anyone
interested in sailing, motor boating, sea angling or diving - or
pretty much anything else on the water! The course is a basic
introduction to navigation, seamanship and safety and falls
below
Day Skipper Theory within the
RYA
training scheme. It is ideal for users of small boats such
as RIBs and dayboats such as those used by anglers. Its also a
great course for those who are currently crewing on yachts and
want to learn a little more before eventually progressing to the
full Day Skipper courses. See below for details of how to
register for the online course.
Top 10 reasons to take the
online course
1. Flexibility - anytime, anywhere, at your own speed
2. Suitable for all - new crews through to
budding skippers
3. Safety Essentials - all the essential
knowledge for going afloat
4. Simplicity - easy to use, interactive and
full of great graphics
5. Supporting your knowledge - an ideal
accompaniment to your practical course
6. Stepping stone - a great starting point for
more advanced courses
7. Real skills - use real skills alongside
online technology
8. Best advice - written by top RYA instructors,
created by award winning designers
9. Learn it, try it, test it - practice what
you’ve learnt before taking the test
10. Be part of it - the RYA’s 1st fully
interactive online course
The RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship Course
aims to introduce the basic concepts of inshore navigation and
safety in an easy to understand and enjoyable format. During the
course you will be introduced to the basics of navigation
including tidal awareness, charts, almanacs and the use of
electronic navigation aids such as GPS. You will be taught about
harbour entry and departure pilotage including knowledge of
buoyage and a basic understanding of the Collision Regulations
so you know who has right of way! Time will also be spent
looking at sources of weather information and what impact this
could have on your passage. Towards the end of the course you
will put all this information together to plan an actual
passage. You will also learn more about what safety equipment
you should carry and how it is used.
Click here to view full course syllabus
View the online video here
Accessing the online course is simple! The
course is run by Waypoint Amsterdam Sailing school through the
RYA eLearning website ryainteractive.org. An instructor will be
on hand to help with queries during the course via email
info@waypointamsterdam.com or phone +31 6 3444 2112. To book
on to this course please contact the office who will set up an
online account for you and register the course on
ryainteractive.org. Please note that we have to
set up the account for you. When this is done you will be able
to access the course
here or from the email we send you. That's it and you are up
and running! We will also send out the course pack with training
charts to help you get hands on experience.
RYA Online Essential
Navigation and Seamanship course price: 142,50 euro
Includes:
Course Pack which includes a chart, plotter, dividers, course
handbook, exercises and an electronic chart plotter CD (please
note the chart plotter CD does not work on MAC'S)
Email and phone assistance by qualified instructors
Enrolment code
Postage to all adresses in Holland (surcharge applies for
overseas)
Prices: 142,50 Euro
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