Day Skipper Shorebased Theory Course
Sheffield. Dayskipper provides the navigation skills necessary to manage cruising yachts and motor cruisers that you charter, or own. The course is set to a level and pace appropriate for beginners and people with little experience yet all the topics mentioned below are dealt with
to enable a good understanding. BLOG > Click the boat to link to the 'stern-to mooring blog' applicable to harbours in the Med, and then if you like to all our blogs with past trips and photos. |
Course content includes Compass and chart navigation; GPS and Plotter navigation (the package includes a plotting software simulator); Tide flows and heights; Anchoring and mooring principles; Buoyage; Lights; Rules of the road (the seagoing code); Safety and rescue at sea; Pilotage (getting out and in); Passage planning; Weather. A wide syllabus which benefits from involvement with others and at a relaxed pace.
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