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Following the successful launch of the RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship Course Urban Truant are now pleased to be able to provide RYA Day skipper and Coastal Yachtmaster theory Courses online for completion at your own pace.

Many people struggle to find five days to spend in a classroom or attend evening classes to complete their qualifications.  Now with the ability to complete these course online our students can work at their own pace, whilst remaining safe in the knowledge that they have the full support of a dedicated RYA Yachtmaster Instructor on hand to help with and questions you have during your course.
 
RYA Online Theory courses can be taken anytime, anywhere and at your own speed. All you need is a computer and the internet.

"These new online course is a major step forward in the way that we gain and improve our navigation skills and provides an excellent alternative to the traditional classroom based course".

Russell Lake - Chief Instructor at Urban Truant.

Urban Truant launches the latest in RYA Navigation and Seamanship training.

The Essential Navigation and Seamanship course is an online course for anyone interested in sailing, motor boating, sea angling or diving - or pretty much anything else on the water! This course will give you the essential knowledge needed when you’re afloat, from navigation to safety and seamanship to passage planning.

RYA Interactive courses can be taken anytime, anywhere and at your own speed. All you need is a computer and the internet.

"This new online course is a major step forward in they way that we gain and improve our navigation skills and provides an excellent alternative to the traditional classroom based course". 

Russell Lake - Chief Instructor at Urban Truant
 

Cowes Week, now bearing the official title Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, is one of the world's best-known sailing regattas with a rich heritage dating back to 1826. The announcement of a new sponsorship agreement for the event was made this morning at a press conference at the Royal Thames Yacht Club, and heralds a new and exciting phase in the regatta's continuing evolution.

One immediate benefit of the sponsorship will be a reduction in race entry fees, a move that will be welcomed by the 1,000-strong Cowes Week racing fleet. Other new developments are in discussion and will be shared over the forthcoming months.

Commenting on the announcement, John Grandy, Chairman of CWL, said: "We are delighted to have formed this new relationship with Aberdeen Asset Management and are looking forward to working together to develop Cowes Week further, for the benefit of everyone involved in this great regatta."

Martin Gilbert, Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management added: "We are very proud to be supporting one of the world's premier sailing regattas. Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is set to be a tremendous success and we are very much looking forward to enhancing the experience of both the crews and spectators who will descend upon the Isle of Wight later this year."

The dates of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week for the next three years are:
6 to 13 August 2011
11 to 18 August 2012
3 to 10 August 2013

CWL and Aberdeen Asset Management look forward to welcoming everyone to the inaugural Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week in August 2011.

Contact Urban Truant for unrivalled race and hospitality packages enquire@urbantruant.co.uk or call a member of the team on 023 8045 8578

http://www.urbantruant.co.uk/on-the-water/corporate-events

Urban Truant has joined forces with Russell Lake former RYA Principal at Ondeck, to form a strategic partnership to deliver targeted RYA theory courses and exhilarating sailing excursions and race campaigns.

"Greg and Laura at Urban Truant and I have worked closely over the last five years and together we have consistently delivered memorable, professional events. I think it was inevitable that we would enter a formal relationship to grow the Urban Truant business and brand.  I am really excited by the prospects and innovations we are working on for the 2011 sailing season and beyond.

I look forward to welcoming you to our new office and classroom at Hamble Point Marina and seeing you all on the water".

Russell Lake