This course takes the experienced day skipper and introduces skills suitable for longer passage by both day and night. Pilotage at night and in restricted visibility are included together with advanced chartwork and electronic navigation techniques. You will take full charge of the yacht, under the watchful eye of the instructor, both planning and executing your passage plan.
Your abilities to manoeuvre under both sail and power will be further stretched in a variety of challenging situations, all of which will be subject to a plan/execute/debrief formula. The level of previous experience recommended is
" 15 day aboard with 2 as skipper " 300 logged miles " 8 night hours " A knowledge of navigation equivalent to RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster level