RYA Advanced Pilotage

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Overview

Passage planning

Understands:
- Victualing
- The importance of identifying ports of refuge
- Publications required
- Strategy
- Customs procedures
Can:
- Calculate the fuel required, including reserve
- Plan a coastal passage
Preparation for sea

Understands:
- Safety equipment for offshore passages
Can:
- Prepare a motor cruiser for sea
- Give an effective safety briefing
Pilotage

Understands:
- Tidal considerations
- GPS limitations in pilotage
Can:
- Prepare a pilotage plan with consideration of soundings, transits, clearing bearings, back
- bearings, buoyage, port or harbour regulations
- Pilot a motor cruiser by day and night
Passage making and responsibility as a skipper (Daylight Hours)
Understands:
- The significance of meteorological trends
- The importance of crew welfare, safety and control on passage
Can:
- Take charge of a motor cruiser and direct the crew
- Organise the navigational, deckwork, and domestic duties of a motor cruiser on passage
- Organise watch-keeping
- Integrate the use of traditional and electronic aids to navigation
Radar

Understands:
- Advantages and limitations
Boat handling

Understands:
- Characteristics of various hull forms and propeller configurations
Can:
- Control the boat effectively in a confined space, including all berting and unberthing situations in various conditions of wind and tide
- Berth and unberth in simple situations using one engine and lines (on a twin engine boat)
- Avoid excessive use of power
- Demonstrate a practical understanding and correct use of power trim and trim tabs
Adverse weather conditions

Understands:
- Action to be taken in rough weather
- The importance of boat control in waves and positioning to minimise the possibility of back
- injury
- Preparation for heavy weather and handling in strong winds
- Navigation and general conduct in restricted visibility
Emergency situations

Knowledge of:
- How a vessel may be asked to assist in a search
Understands:
- Actions to be taken when abandoning to a liferaft and during helicopter and lifeboat rescues
- What to do in a medical emergency
- Towing and being towed
How to issue distress by all available means

Can:
- Recover a man overboard dummy in all available conditions
Night Cruising

Can:
- Take charge of a motor cruiser at night, including entering and leaving harbour
- Demonstrate the ability to keep a proper lookout and identifying lit marks and unlit positions by night

Price - £600.00

This advanced level course is aimed Day Skippers wishing to enhance their skills or progress towards their RYA Coastal Skipper. It also meets the needs of those who have recently converted from sail to power, by sharpening their skills with day and night time navigation and high speed pilotage.

This course includes time spent in the classroom and a wide range of practical activities on the water.

Pre-Course Experience	10 days at sea, 150 miles, 4 night hours and 2 days as skipper.
Assumed Knowledge	Your navigational skills should be to the standard of the Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster™ theory. You should also hold a VHF/SRC licence and have a first aid certificate.
Student Instructor Ratio	4:1. Urban Truant is also pleased to offer lower ratios on request for those who would like more time with their instructor.
Duration	2 days including 1 evening
Course Content	Passage planning and pilotage Passage making and responsibility as a skipper (daylight hours) High speed manoeuvres Close quarters boat handling Use of radar Dealing with adverse weather conditions Dealing with emergency situations Night cruising
Ability after Course	Increased skills at speed, in heavier conditions and night time experience

What’s Included

You’ll be based at our well-equipped training facilities in Swanwick Marina and included in your course price is:

Refreshments and lunch throughout the course
All mooring fees
All fuel costs
Use of Urban Truant’s high quality wet weather gear and safety kit
RYA certification for all successful students

At Urban Truant we feel it’s important to provide quality catering and pride ourselves on serving fresh tasty food wherever possible. We are also happy to cater for different dietary requirements upon request.

Course Dates

Below are listed our available dates. If you cannot see dates that you require, please get in touch with us and we may be able to to arrange a more suitable date.

See what our students say:

Paul and Caroline W- Bespoke skills refresher

"As predominantly inland water/coastal sailors with 35+ years experience we found our few days with Rich to be an extremely helpful and enjoyable experience. We were impressed with the way in which he quickly assessed our individual needs and concerns and tailored an appropriate approach.
We received useful reminders on passage planning, navigation generally and boat safety – all offered in an intelligent and understandable way.
The boat was well prepared and comfortable to sail even with five of us on board. We all enjoyed the food, with our individual needs being well met.... read more"

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RYA Advanced Pilotage

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