RYA Yachtmaster & Coastal Yachtmaster Theory Training Online

Navigate By Day & Night

Gain essential skills to navigate coastal waters by day and night. From mastering charts and navigating with precision to understanding tides, position fixing, course calculation, weather forecasting, meteorology and navigation aids, this course equips you with the knowledge and practical skills needed for coastal sailing.

Is this course right for you?

The RYA Coastal Skipper course is designed for sailors who already have a foundation knowledge of navigation, tides, and basic seamanship skills gained with the completion of the RYA Day Skipper course.

Qualifications

The RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore theory course is designed to meet the requirements for attendance onto the RYA Coastal Skipper practical course and the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Coastal and Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence Examinations. In order to enrol onto this course, you must have previously completed the RYA Day Skipper theory or alternatively, if you have not formalised your existing knowledge you can complete our Fastrack to RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster theory Course.

The course is approximately 50-60 hours of study, followed by an assessment consisting of three parts: IRPCS (1.5 hours), Chartwork (2 hours), and Passage Making (3.5 hours). You have the flexibility to take the assessment in one sitting, or as three separate papers.

Upon successful completion, this course awards the RYA/MCA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased theory certificate.

This course is suitable for commercial endorsement by having your assessment invigilated.