RYA Day Skipper
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A course for aspiring skippers with some yachting experience and basic navigation and sailing skills.
During the RYA Day Skipper course you will learn the fundamental skills of how to skipper your yacht safely, responsibly and effectively. The skipper's task is much more than just navigate and drive the boat. He or she is responsible for the safety and wellbeing of the whole crew. Skippering a yacht is not only about boat handling, navigation, pilotage and seamanship skills, it means also weather forecasting, victualling, engine maintenance, sail selection and handling, passage planning, watch keeping and many other aspects.
With the help of your instructor you will learn how to be in charge and plan a short passage. A lot of time is devoted to boat handling and mooring under various conditions. You will visit as many different harbours and anchorages as possible to practice pilotage techniques. You will complete at least 4 night hours sailing to experience night pilotage and identify lights.
At the end of the RYA Day Skipper course you should be able and confident to skipper a cruising yacht on short passages by day.
Students who have successfully completed the Day Skipper course are awarded the RYA Day Skipper Completion certificate. This is the minimum proof of competence required by most charter companies if you plan to rent a yacht on your own.
Course Duration: 6 days (7 nights). Most courses start on Saturday evening and finish the next Saturday in the morning.
Previous Experience Required: 5 days aboard, 100 miles logged and 4 night hours. Basic sailing ability and a knowledge of navigation to the level of the RYA Day Skipper Theory Course.
Strongly reccomended: VHF operators certificate, First Aid certificate.
Course Content: Preparation for sea, deck work, navigation, pilotage, meteorology, rules of the road, maintenance and repair work, engines, victualling, emergency situations, yacht handling under power, yacht handling under sail, passage making, night cruising
Minimum age: 16 (note: we do not accept unaccompanied children under 18)
RYA Day Skipper
| Date from | Date to | Place | Price | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07. 12. 2024 | 14. 12. 2024 | Tenerife | 1190 € | open | book online |
| 11. 01. 2025 | 18. 01. 2025 | Tenerife | 1190 € | open | book online |
| 08. 02. 2025 | 15. 02. 2025 | Tenerife | 1190 € | open | book online |
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Winter courses on Canaries
In NYS we believe that there’s no such a thing as winter in sailing and you can always find a good place to enjoy your hobby any time throught the year. So we started a cooperation with another RYA Training Center - Canary sail, which will be running all the RYA scheme on this beautiful archipelago for you.
RYA Sailing Accreditation Rated as the World’s Best
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) sailing qualifications have been voted the premiere sailing accreditation for excellence and global reputation following a recent survey targeting 200 professional yacht and motorboat charter companies. The professional charter companies that were surveyed own and manage in excess of 6,000 charter boats across the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Asia.
