HELMSMAN’S COURSE
This course provides a short introduction to Motor Cruising.
By the end of the course, participants will have experienced: engine operation and maintenance, safety & seamanship, rules of the road, boat preparation and boat handling.
Course duration: 2 days.
Pre-course experience: None.
Instructor to student ratio: 1- 4.

I.C.C. (International Certificate of Competence) Examination Preparation Course

The International Certificate of Competence (ICC) is a legal requirement in most countries. Seaborne Charter & Tuition provides a 2-day course covering all aspects of the ICC Syllabus; Part A (oral / written test) knowledge of regulations, safety, pilotage and navigation. Part B involves demonstrating the following practical skills: briefing the crew and preparing for sea, leaving a pontoon, 360 degree turn, securing to a buoy, man-overboard recovery, manoeuvring, coming alongside.

For people with the relevant experience / confidence it is possible to simply take a half day examination which will cover all of the above.

There is a further separate (CEVINI) written test to cover inland waterways.

For all of the above a passport photograph (name printed on back) is required with each application form.

DAY SKIPPER PRACTICAL MOTOR CRUISING COURSE

Aim: To learn pilotage, navigation, seamanship and boat handling to the standard required to safely skipper a motorboat in daylight and in familiar waters.
Course duration: 4 consecutive days (Sleep on board).
Pre-course experience:  2 days. Basic knowledge of navigation and seamanship.
Key Components of the Syllabus: Preparation for sea, crew management, engine maintenance and fault diagnosis, boat handling in confined spaces, navigation with and without GPS, chart work, tidal heights and streams, DRs & EPs, IALA buoyage, meteorology, emergency situations and passage making. Night cruising.
Instructor to Student ratio: 1- 4.
Note: Helmsman and Day Skipper courses can be combined into a 5-day course.
Note: It is possible for a group of 3 (minimum) to complete the course over 2 residential weekends.
Award: RYA Day Skipper (Tidal) Course Completion Certificate.

COASTAL SKIPPER PRACTICAL MOTOR CRUISING COURSE
Aim: To teach the skills and techniques required to skipper a motor cruiser safely on coastal and offshore passages by day and night.
Pre-course experience: 300 miles, 15 days at sea (at least 2 as skipper), 8 night hours. Navigation to Coastal Skipper Shore-based course standard. Practical skills to Day Skipper standard.
Key Components of the Syllabus: As for Day Skipper and in addition Pilotage and navigation by night, preparation for and boat handling in adverse weather conditions.
Course duration: 5 consecutive days (sleep on board).
Instructor to student ratio: 1- 3 or 1 - 4.
Award: RYA Coastal Skipper (Tidal) Practical Motor Cruising Course Completion Certificate.
Note: A separate practical examination is required for the RYA/MCA Coastal Skipper Certificate of Competence. See Table

Yacht Master Preparation Course and Examination

See RYA/MCA Examinations (below).

RYA/MCA EXAMINATIONS
All of the practical courses are assessed on a continuous basis and signed off by the instructor during the course.
Those in pursuit of a Certificate of Competence at RYA/MCA Coastal Skipper or Yachtmaster Offshore levels are required to present themselves for a separate practical examination. The examination will be conducted by a Yachtmaster Examiner who will not have been involved in the candidate’s training.
Candidates with the required experience and sea time (details in Table) may apply directly to the RYA for an examination on their own boat, or on a boat they have chartered or borrowed, etc.
Alternatively, candidates can attend a special coastal / yachtmaster training course offered by Seaborne Charter & Tuition. Courses are constructed as follows:
The first four days are spent with a Seaborne Charter & Tuition Instructor, undergoing intensive training on all key aspects of the syllabus. On the final day, an independent examiner takes over to conduct the examination, which will take 6-10 hours for Coastal Skipper and 8-12 hours for Yachtmaster Offshore.
Details of the special Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore examination preparation courses are available on request.
Check Table to establish if you are eligible to apply for an examination

TABLE: RYA/MCA Certificates of Competen

COASTAL SKIPPER CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE
(i) Candidates must be aged 17 or over and have an up to date RYA Cruising Logbook (G15).
(ii) For holders of the Coastal Skipper Practical Course Completion
Certificate, the sea time requirement is reduced as follows: 20 days; 2 days as skipper; 400 miles;12 night hours.
(iii)The examination will take place on board and will take 6-10 hours.
(iv)Candidates will be set tasks to demonstrate their ability as a Coastal
Skipper and may also be asked questions on any part of the syllabus for all practical and shore based courses up to Coastal Skipper.

YACHTMASTER OFFSHORE CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE
(i) Candidates must be aged 18 or over and have an up to date RYA Cruising Logbook (G15).
(ii) The exam will take place on board and will take 8-12 hours. Candidates will be set tasks to demonstrate their ability as skipper of an offshore cruising yacht and may be asked questions on any part of the syllabus for all practical and shore-based courses, except Yachtmaster Ocean.

Note: Further details of course content can be found in the RYA Cruising Logbook G18 (Motor Cruising). This logbook is necessary when attending courses and can be purchased from the RYA or Seaborne Charter & Tuition.

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