Moonfleet Sailing Poole Dorset

Practical Course Guide, (Based upon the RYA Syllabus and certification scheme)

Course	Ideal Minimum Experience	Assumed Knowledge	Content	Ability after Course	Duration
Start Yachting	None	None	A short introduction to sail cruising for novices	Steer a yacht, handle sails, rope work and a awareness of safety on board	Weekend
Competent Crew	None	None	Basic Seamanship and Helmsmanship	Useful Crew Member	5 Days or 3 W/end
Day Skipper	5 Days 100 Miles 4 Night Hours	Basic Navigation and Sailing Ability	Basic Pilotage, Boat Handling, Seamanship and Navigation	Skipper a Small Yacht in Familiar Waters by Day	5 Days or 3 W/end
Coastal Skipper	15 Days (2 Days as Skipper) 300 Miles 8 Night Hours	Navigation to Coastal Skipper Shorebased Standard. Sailing to Day Skipper Practical Standard	Skippering Techniques For Coastal and Offshore Passages	Skipper a Yacht on Coastal Passages by Day and Night	5 Days

We also offer Yachtmaster Offshore and Coastal Skipper Examination Preparation courses. As you would expect, there are theory courses to backup all the practical courses listed above. We have also introduced a 9 day Combined theory and practical Day Skipper Course.

We follow the RYA Syllabus for all of the courses above and award RYA Certificates as appropriate.

SRC/GMDSS, Diesel Engine, First Aid & Radar. See our Shorebased page for more details.

For price and availability of any course or for a chat on what you need to do next then call us on: 0800 0191 369