Basic Navigation and Safety Course.

This 2 day introductory course, which lasts 16 hours, is held over the weekend and is aimed at the complete novice including anyone new to boating, power-boaters, sea anglers, divers, experienced dinghy sailors & inshore racers or those that may have been on the water, but have no awareness of the significance of what they, or others, are doing around them.

It is also suitable as an introduction to navigation for Sub-Aqua Divers, Power and Sports boaters, Sea Anglers, Boat masters and those yachtsmen and motor boaters who would like to progress on to RYA Day Skipper.

It covers:-

Buoyage System
Pilotage Techniques
Weather Forecasts and their sources
Basic Passage Planning
Safety
Basic Rules of the Road
How tides affect us
Introduction to GPS and Electronic Charts

This course is for beginners, in addition to all the RYA practice charts and navigation tables, course notes and Chartplotter, we will supply the necessary plotting instruments for Chartwork,

Cost £199 including morning and afternoon tea.