RYA Coastal Skipper Motor and is aimed to teach the skills and techniques required to skipper a Motor yacht safely on coastal passages by day and night.

The entry level for the Coastal Skipper Practical Course Completion qualification has a minimum age limit of 17 years and experiance not less than - 15 days, 2 days as skipper, 300 miles and 8 night hours.

• 4 days     
• Professional Instructors 
• Relaxed Tuition 
• Sporty twin-engined Kingfisher 35
• Great Fun 
• £950 All Year

Price includes all accommodation, tuition, meals onboard, use of wet gear and pick up from local station.

Assumed Knowledge - Boat handling to the standard of the Day Skipper practical sail cruising course and navigation to the standard of the Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster shorebased course

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RYA Coastal Skipper

Our Coastal Skipper Practical Courses are run from the historic Port of Falmouth and normally will include a coastal or offshore passages of over 60 miles, for example to Dartmouth or Brixham or perhaps the beautiful Isles of Scilly. We like to organise Coastal Skipper courses around individual requirements as well as advertising specific dates. 

Accommodation is provided on board the motor yacht during the course and all meals are included in the cost. Most of our instructors are experienced cooks and enjoy entertaining at the end of a hard day. We cater for all tastes and we are also more than happy to cater for Vegetarians and Vegans with exciting, local, home-cooked meals.

The course will commence with a full safety brief that our instructors will make fun and interesting. While your instructor cooks you a lovely meal, he’ll assess your previous experience and then ask you to start planning the first passage of the course. 

We do not set a fixed itinerary for our courses as the weather plays such a large part and changes daily. 
As a Yachtmaster 'Coastal' Skipper candidate you will be encouraged to take full control of the boat, its crew together with pilotage and passage making responsibilities during the week. The instructor is there to guide but will let you make mistakes as long as they don’t endanger the boat. (We all learn better from our mistakes, don’t we?!) 

Each passage over 60 miles as ‘skipper’ counts towards the pre-qualification for the Yachtmaster Offshore Exam. Our aim is to help and encourage each of our candidates to complete the syllabus, set by the RYA, during the course and to award a Certificate of Competency on completion. Each candidate is kept informed of their progress.

You will also learn about extended passage making, heavy weather and negotiating traffic separation schemes as well as brushing up on crew handling, man overboard drills and handling the boat 

Whatever the weather throws at you, you’ll be guaranteed a rewarding and enjoyable week on the water and be another step closer to your Yachtmaster aspirations.