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Shorebased courses - course content
Basic navigation & safety
Pre-course requirements - None.
A brief introduction to navigation & safety for anyone going to sea for the first time in a small craft..
Assessment-During course.
Aim - To give the student a basic awareness & understanding of navigation & safety afloat.
Day skipper
Pre-course requirements-No previous knowledge is assumed, hovever, some practical experience will help.
A comprehensive introduction to seamanship,navigation, pilotage, collision regulations & meteorology.
Assessment-2 test papers at the end of the course (navigation & seamanship).
Aim - To provide the student with the theoretical knowledge required to skipper a small craft in familiar waters by day.
Coastal Skipper/yachtmaster offshore
Pre-course requirements - Should be able to navigate to Day Skipper level (plot lat/long & bearings/distances). Some practical experience is required.
This course builds on & revises subjects covered on the Day Skipper course.
Assessment - 3 test papers during the course (navigation, meteorology & collision regulations.
Aim - To provide the student with the theoretical knowledge required to skipper a small craft an coastal & offshore passages by day or night.
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