Key Course Details
Duration: 6 Hours (approx)
Minimum Age: None
Assumed Knowledge: None
Pre-Course Experience None
Course Price: £99 per person
Where will this course take place? Online (at home)
This RYA online theory course will give you the essential knowledge needed when you’re afloat, from navigation to safety and seamanship and passage planning.
The Sea Training Sussex RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship course can be taken online using the RYA Interactive website. The 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, but still with the benefit and experience of our recognised training centre. No prior experience is necessary. There is no minimum age for this course. Successful completion of the course will gain the candidate a full RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship Certificate.
The course is applicable for sail or power boaters plus divers and sea anglers. The course also suits those who are new to boating and are keen to spend time developing their theoretical knowledge. In addition this RYA navigation and Seamanship Course is a perfect step after Powerboat Level 2 or ahead of the Intermediate Powerboat.
This is a great RYA course to take as it goes into much more detail about aspects of safety, boat types, weather, navigation, charts, collision regulations, etc., than can be achieved over the duration of a short practical course.
Course topics include:
- Visual and Electronic Navigation
- Passage Planning
- Engine Checks
- Tidal Awareness
- Charts and Publications
- Safety
- Buoyage
- Rules of the Road
- Weather Forecasts
- Pilotage
Charts, publications and terms
- Basic terms
- Chart overview
- Introduction to chart datum and depths
Buoyage
- Lateral buoys
- Cardinal buoys
- Where to find information
Navigation
- Plotting a position
- Measuring distance and bearing
- Position fix
- Heading
Safety
- Personal and boat safety equipment
- Safety procedures and briefing
- Communications
- Engine checks
- Rescue procedures
Anchoring
- Where to anchor
- How to anchor
Tides
- Tidal streams
- Tidal heights
Electronic navigation
- GPS terms
- GPS use
- Using waypoints
Rules of the road
- Risk of collision
- Who gives way
Weather forecasts
- Sources of forecast
- Terms used in forecasts
Pilotage
- Harbour information
- Transits
- Pilotage plan
Passage planning
- SOLAS V requirements
- Pre planning
- Chart choice
No pre-course experience is necessary and there is no minimum age.
£99 per person
This online course will take candidates approximately 6 hours to complete.
Please note: When purchasing an online course with us the login details are not sent to you automatically. We have to enter these manually and this can take up to 24 hours, although it is normally much quicker.
If you have booked a course for someone else please make sure you have given us their full name and email address to set the course up in the correct name and avoid any delays.
If you are doing the online training for the VHF radio course, you will need to let us know if you would prefer a hardcopy hand book posted out, or the eBook with interactive elements in it emailed over.
Only 1 book comes with the course and should you require both eBook and hard copy then please request a current cost from us.
