RYA Coastal Skipper

This course takes the experienced Day Skipper and introduces skills suitable for longer passage by both day and night. Pilotage at night and in restricted visibility are included together with advanced chartwork/tidal issues and electronic navigation techniques.

You will take full charge of the yacht, under the watchful eye of the instructor, planning and executing your passage plan.

Your abilities to manoeuvre under both sail and power will be further stretched in a variety of challenging situations, all of which will be subject to a plan/execute/debrief formula.

The level of previous experience recommended is

• 15 day aboard with 2 as skipper

• 300 logged miles

• 8 night hours

• A knowledge of navigation equivalent to RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster level.

The training boat, Driac (pronounced Dry-ack) is a classic yacht built in 1930 operating out of Milford Haven.

She is bermudian rigged and fully modern in the way she sails, but has the atmosphere and character which can only be experienced in a classic wooden sailing vessel.

She has only 5 berths so you will never have more than a 4:1 teaching ratio.

Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales is one of the great natural harbours of the world, with its busy port, marinas, quiet anchorages, dramatic coast and islands to visit.

The Haven is also perfectly placed for cruising the Pembrokeshire coast.

The course is available in a range of formats

Coastal Skipper 5 days Monday to Friday – cost £500

Coastal Skipper 2 weekend of 3 and 2 days – cost £550

Coastal Skipper 5 days over a Bank Holiday weekend – cost £500

For info or to book a practical course on Driac contact Charles : 07515387693 charles@sailandoar.org