Sian
Fantastic experience led by friendly, efficient and interesting people.
Enjoy building your confidence as a skipper with this comprehensive shore-based course. It covers navigation, seamanship, and meteorology over five days, giving you the knowledge and skills to skipper a yacht safely in coastal waters. Ideal for beginners or those wanting to refresh before heading afloat.
The course starts with navigation, chartwork, and tidal planning. You’ll learn how to plot a course, calculate tides, and interpret weather forecasts to make informed decisions while skipper-ing a yacht. Practical exercises in pilotage and position fixing are completed using real charts to build confidence.
As the course progresses, participants cover collision regulations, passage planning, and basic seamanship. Interactive lessons and scenario-based exercises ensure a thorough understanding of safe navigation practices.
Classroom sessions are complemented by discussions of real-life examples and tips for handling common challenges encountered while skipper-ing a yacht. Instructors emphasise safe decision-making and situational awareness, helping you develop the skills needed to lead a small crew effectively.
Based in Menai Bridge, the course is ideally situated to give insight into the tidal waters of Anglesey. The area offers both sheltered and open water examples for theoretical exercises and practical understanding.
The centre has easy access to local harbours and coastlines, enabling instructors to illustrate course concepts with real-world examples. This environment enhances understanding of tides, navigation hazards, and coastal landmarks.
No previous sailing or navigation experience is required to attend. The course is designed for beginners, but those with some practical sailing experience will find the theory a valuable refresher.
Participants should be able to attend all sessions and complete exercises. A willingness to engage with navigation tasks and chartwork is essential.
The centre has extensive experience delivering RYA shore-based courses, with instructors who are knowledgeable about local waters. Their approach ensures each participant receives individual guidance to consolidate learning and build confidence.
With small group sizes, you’ll benefit from personalised attention, practical tips, and insights into safe, effective seamanship. The course combines structured learning with real-world examples from Anglesey’s waters, making theory engaging and relevant.
This course is designed for beginners or those wishing to refresh their knowledge before practical sailing. It is suitable for anyone aged 16 or older.
It is also ideal for individuals planning to take the RYA Day Skipper practical course, as it provides the essential theoretical foundation required.
No prior sailing experience is required. The course starts from the basics, covering navigation, chartwork, and tidal planning step by step.
Participants with some practical experience will find it enhances their skills, but beginners can follow the course and gain confidence.
The course runs for 5 days, approximately 40 hours of classroom instruction. The RYA exam is taken at the end to test your knowledge.
This schedule allows time for detailed instruction, practical exercises, and ample opportunity for questions and discussion.
You will learn chartwork, pilotage, position fixing, tidal calculations, meteorology, collision regulations, and passage planning.
The course also covers practical seamanship, voyage planning, and decision-making, ensuring you can skipper a yacht safely in coastal waters.
The course is delivered through classroom sessions with interactive exercises, real charts, and scenario-based discussions.
Instructors provide individual guidance and practical tips to help participants understand complex navigation topics and apply them confidently.
The course is based in Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey, with access to sheltered and open water examples for practical understanding.
Local harbours and coastlines are used to illustrate theoretical concepts, enhancing learning with real-world examples.
Groups are kept small, typically 1–6 participants, allowing for personalised attention from the instructor.
This ensures all questions can be answered, and each participant receives support on areas where they may need more guidance.
All necessary course materials, charts, and tuition are provided. Participants should bring a notebook, pen, and any personal calculators if preferred.
Comfortable clothing and footwear suitable for classroom sessions are recommended, as the course includes practical chartwork exercises.
About the centre
40 High Street, Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey, LL59 5EF
Fantastic experience led by friendly, efficient and interesting people.
The instructor/guide was fantastic and very knowledgeable, and we had great fun on the boat
We loved our boat trip, water doughnuts and speeding along 50mph + was great fun. Our skipper was lovely, very knowledgeable and enthusiasm shone through. Want to come back and see the puffins next year... although this was my soul reason to book this trip it really did not disappoint…
The Rib Tour was amazing! Exhilarating ride on the rib combined with fascinating facts about the coastline and the birds on puffin island. Highly recommended, will be booking the bridges tour next.
Exhilarating but also really informative. A great experience all round and highly recommended
Brilliant! Loved when Jason put the RIB into ‘sports mode’. Perfect mix of adventure and information. Beautiful scenery, great morning in the water. Cheers guys.
What a great experience. Our skipper, Jason, was great. Good chat, very knowledgable and really pushed the boat. The boat is an impressive thing which really moves. Great experience! Will be back to do the other tour.
Excellent!
Splendid trip!.....Captain was very knowledgeable.
We really enjoyed the boat trip to Puffin Island (2 August) - the people before us saw 2 puffins but even though we didn't it was still an exhilarating, (fast at times) and informative trip.
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Surrey, East and West Sussex, United Kingdom
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