RYA Essential Seamanship and Navigation Online Course

However you decide to take the course, it offers a great introduction to navigation and safety awareness for new or inexperienced skippers and crew, and those wanting to refresh their skills. In fact it's for anyone interested in sailing, motor boating, sea angling or diving, and works well in complementing our on-the-water training, such as the Powerboat Level 2, Start Yachting and Helmsman courses.
 
It's a highly informative course with lots of opportunities for you to put your new found knowledge into practice. If you decide to take the course online, you will find many interactive exercises to help reinforce the information and lots of chances to try out what you've learned.
 
Course topics include:
 
Charts and Publications
Safety
Engine checks
Buoyage
Tidal awareness
Visual and electronic navigation
Pilotage
Rules of the road
Anchoring
Weather forecasts
Passage planning
 
All course materials needed to complete the course are pincluded and will be sent by courier to your home address. 
 
How long is the course?
 
In the classroom, the course is taught over 16 hours with exercises to complete along the way. It can be covered as a series of short sessions or over two full days. 
 
Online the course will take around six hours, but the beauty of it is that you can work through it at your own speed, whenever and wherever you like. 
 
 
Feedback from course students
 
“Very useful and informative.  I have the practical experience but learning the theory has increased my confidence.”
 
“Great course, extremely well presented.”
 
“An absolutely fantastic course and so glad that I took it - I feel a lot more confident and will be safer.” 
 
“Really enjoyed it. Great videos, great interaction, very educational. Well done.”