Advanced skippering techniques for yachtsmen and women with considerable knowledge of sailing and navigation, wanting to undertake coastal passages by day and night.
Course format
Like the Day Skipper course, this course consists of skippered passages in a variety of situations. Each trainee will skipper more challenging passages and learn more about passage planning, pilotage by day and night, boat handling, safety and emergency situations.
It is a satisfying but intensive week, with candidates often working towards a Certificate of Competence.
Coastal Skippers should be able to undertake more difficult passages by day and night and handle the yacht in more demanding conditions. By the end of the course, you should have the knowledge, if not the experience, to become a Yachtmaster™.
Duration
5 days, boarding from 18:00 on Sunday – the day before the course starts – disembarking on Saturday at 10.00, your accommodation on board on Sunday & Friday evening is also included
When
Every Saturday from April to October
What’s Included
- 5 days sailing
- provisioning on board for breakfast and lunch, snacks and drinks
- Mooring fee
- Fully equipped training yacht
- Fuel
- Friday evening, your accommodation on board is also included
- 10 % discount, if you hire a boat from Blue Dream charting company
- Sunday and Friday evening, your accommodation on board is also included
Please refer to the FAQ’s section for details of what you should bring.
Course details
There are two options with training courses: A private course (you hire your yacht and have your own dedicated instructor) or the more traditional course structure of mixed individuals course. We are more than happy to teach different courses on the same yacht if you have a crew of mixed experience. There are no prerequisites for this course
Course Fee Individual
Join a yacht with other students. We like to teach a maximum of 3/4 people at a time as we feel it gives each extra attention and time from the instructor. Each student has a single-occupancy cabin
Fee € 1050 p.p.
Course Fee Private
Charter a yacht for 5 days with partners, friends, or family. Training this way as a familiar small group gives more personalized tuition
Fee 4400 Euro
Prerequisites to the course
- 15 days, 2 days as skipper, 400 miles, 8 night hours
- Boat handling to the standard of Day Skipper and navigation to shore-based Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster™ Offshore