Professional sailing and boat handling tuition

Before you can become a useful crew member or start skippering a boat you need to learn a range of skills. In other words, you need to learn how to sail and handle a boat properly. The best way to do this is to acquire the Royal Yachting Association Competent Crew and Day Skipper Practical certificates.

We operate five-day Competent Crew and Day Skipper Practical courses from our base at Mayflower Marina, Plymouth between April and October. The boat used is our extremely safe and comfortable Moody 38 Stream (please click HERE to find out more about her features). The size and layout of Stream means that there are three private cabins, two of which are en suite.

Our sailing and boat handling tuition courses are conducted by Michael Selway, a qualified Yachtmaster Offshore® and RYA Cruising Instructor with over 25 years’ sailing experience. You will be in the safe hands of an experienced and personable professional. We operate our Competent Crew and Day Skipper courses in partnership with Golden Black Sailing, an RYA Training Centre.

Competent Crew
This practical course introduces the complete beginner to sail cruising and teaches personal safety, seamanship, helmsmanship and living on board to the level required to be a useful member of any yacht’s crew.

Day Skipper Practical
This course teaches pilotage, seamanship and boat handling to the standard required to skipper a small cruising yacht safely by day in familiar tidal waters. This course is usually taken after the student has completed the RYA Day Skipper Shorebased course. Holders of the Day Skipper Practical certificate are entitled to apply for the International Certificate of Competence (ICC) that is now demanded of yacht crew visiting many European countries.

Each course has up to four persons only and so our student/instructor ratio ensures excellent personal attention throughout. Courses include these features:

•	Each one lasts five days and usually starts late afternoon on a Sunday and runs through to late afternoon on a Friday, but other times may be available by arrangement
•	The RYA book of notes on either the Competent Crew and Day Skipper Practical course is sent in advance for preparation, together with the RYA course syllabus and personal log book
•	A minimum of 100 sea miles are covered during the five days, together with four hours of night watchkeeping
•	Breakfast and lunch for five days, with dinner provided on board on four of the five evenings
•	All boat mooring costs, fuel and gas

 

 

 

 

The price per person for each course during April and October is £445.00, and during May to September is £495.00. Please click HERE for a booking form.

Own boat tuition
If you or your crew need tuition for sailing on your own boat, then please CONTACT US to discuss your needs. All south of England sailing areas covered.