Dayskipper

The RYA Day Skipper Practical Course is an introduction to taking charge onboard a yacht, allowing you to put your basic navigation, pilotage, and sailing skills into practice. It will provide you with the opportunity to take command, and develop your leadership onboard, under the guidance of an experienced and friendly instructor.

The RYA Day Skipper Practical Course can be completed over 5-days.

!! For the Dayskipper SHOREBASED, you can follow THIS LINK for information about the courses and available dates !!

On the course you will improve and practice your practical sailing skills including man overboard, sailing onto mooring buoys, coming along side and anchoring. You will be skippering for the first time, putting the navigation skills you learnt on the Day Skipper Theory course into practice.

Upon successful completion of the RYA Day Skipper Practical Course, you will be able to navigate and skipper a small yacht in familiar waters by day. This qualification is usually required when chartering a yacht as skipper anywhere in the world. Holders of the RYA Day Skipper Practical qualification can apply for an International Certificate of Competence (ICC).

Duration:	5 days	No, students to instructor:	5:1
previous Experience:	5 Days onboard, 100 logged miles and 4 night hours. Basic knowledge of navigation and sailing ability. Ideally candidates should have completed RYA Day Skipper Theory	Minimum age:	18 up or 16-17 year olds accompanied by an adult.Minimum age for award of certificate is 16.
Locations:	Lelystad, ijsselmeerdijk 1-17	Dates:	All year

UPCOMING DATES AND VENUES

The RYA praktical regonision is espected at 15 July. Till that time you can take shorebased courses. RYA Dayskipper practical  Course Notes This book provides guidance on various procedures needed to take charge of a yacht on a short passage. RYA Navication handbook Highly recommended for anybody who needs to navigate safely and confidently, coastal and offshore. RYA Navigation excercises All vital aspects of seamanship are included, from estimated positions and tide tables to meteorology and maydays. Contact us for ordering this book!