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:

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