Leisure

Coastal Skipper Power Practical

COURSE NUMBER RYA CS 5


This course is aimed at those wishing to cruise on a motor cruiser and wishes to learn the skills and techniques required to skipper a motor cruiser of at least 7metres LOA safely on a coastal and offshore passage by day & night.

The course covers the following topics:

  • Boat handling
  • Pilotage
  • Rules of the road
  • Passage Planning
  • Preparation for sea
  • Passage making
  • Ability as skipper
  • Radar
  • Adverse weather conditions
  • Emergency situations

  • The course is taught in Cowes on our fully-coded motor vessels. The course runs over 5 days.

    This is a course assumes that those attending will already be competent boat handlers with a good knowledge of navigation and meteorology.

    All students should have a level of experience appropriate for taking the Coastal Skipper Certificate of Competence.

    This package is priced at £850 (ex VAT) and does not include accommodation.

    For accommodation, we can recommend the Duke of York, only 5 minutes away, or suggest the accommodation pages on Cowes Online

    We are running this course on demand throughout the year. Call +44(0)1983 294088 for the latest course updates, or use the online enquiry form to be added to the waiting list for this course.
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    WHERE TO FIND US Red Ensign Training
    105 Medina Village
    Cowes
    Isle of Wight
    PO31 7LP

    Tel: +44(0)1983 294088

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