RYA Day Sailing

Cost per person - £500 1:1, £300 2:1, £290 3:1, £280 4:1
RYA KEELBOAT DAY SAILING SKILLS
Part of the advanced syllabus, day sailing skills concerns planning and executing a day sail - this course is ideal for pre flotilla.
Section A - Practical
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Rigging
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Prepare and equip a boat for cruising including safety and navigation equipment, clothing and food. Stow gear correctly.
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Sailing Techniques and Manoeuvres
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Can plan and undertake a day sail including a consideration of pilotage/navigation and collision avoidance.
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Can use anchor to effect lee shore landing (not keelboat but theory can be explained)
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Understand how to improvise in the event of gear failure (e.g. engine)
Section B - Sailing Background
Understands:
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Knowledge of boat handling in strong winds - reefing etc. and also changing plans as necessary
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Navigation - Plan a day cruise including knowledge of
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Publications including charts and tide tables
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Navigational instruments and their limitations
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Use of GPS inc. waypoint navigation
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Confirming position by another sours=ce - e.g. contour lines, radar
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Tidal heights and streams (rule of twelths, high and low water, springs and neaps, tidal diamonds)
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Coastguard/harbour master?
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Decision making (planning alternatives)
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Magnetic compass variation and deviation
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Interpretation Of Charts
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Use Of Transits And Bearings
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Recording Position And Principles Of Dead Reckoning
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Emergencies - carry flares, VHF, Plan B
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Food, Drink and Comfort
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Meteorology - know sources of information, can interpret information, aware of changing conditions and fog.
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First aid - have a basic first aid knowledge (or hold valid certificate)