This Day Skipper Practical course teaches you all of the skills required in order to safely take charge as a skipper and puts to practice the theory learned in your RYA Day Skipper Theory course. (If you haven’t completed your theory yet, you could consider our hugely popular Day Skipper Express that includes both theory and practical certificates.)

Your professional instructor will cover the syllabus step-by-step in a clear, easy to follow manner. This includes, for example:

• Passage planning, safety checks, pilotage, open water navigation, and passage making.
• Getting to grips with close quarter manoeuvring under various wind and tide conditions; dock like a pro!
• High level seamanship, and safety, including man overboard prevention and recovery.
• Amazing night sailing exercise, the highlight of the week for many, putting all the theory training into practice.

By the end of the course you will have sufficient knowledge to skipper a small yacht in familiar waters by day. You will have overnighted at some of our favourite marinas in Spain and Morocco and made great new friends across the fleet of yachts. And no doubt you’ll have topped up your tan in the process too.

Putting your miles and skills to use…

The RYA Day Skipper course is a minimum qualification requirement for many bareboat charter and flotilla companies. Upon completion you can apply for an ICC (International Certificate of Competency) depending upon nationality or residence. The ICC is a helpful additional document to demonstrate your standard of competence as a Skipper in some other European countries.

This course mixes well with those training as Competent Crew, so why come as a group of family or friends. Group bookings offer discounts, so it may work out more cost effective to reserve a private yacht for your group.