RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Course

Weekend or weekday 5 day RYA training courses, based in Southampton.

Advanced training for more experienced skippers building on the Day Skipper course. This course equips you to navigate safely on coastal and offshore passages. It allows some time for revision of the basics and then moves on to advanced navigation techniques.

Unravel the mysteries of astro navigation, using a sextant, ocean passage making, worldwide meteorology and electronic navigation aids.

This course is for those aspiring to blue water cruising and is ideal for holders of theYachtmaster Offshore certificate who are preparing for their first ocean passage.

Prior to the course your navigation skills should be at the standard of the Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore shorebased course.

If you are working towards your Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate of Competence, completion of this shorebased course exempts you from the written exam.

The Details

Course dates are by arrangement. Please see our programme of current prices (from £395).

The instructor for your course will be a fully qualified RYA Shorebased or Yachtmaster (Ocean) Instructor.

There is one exam paper at the end of the course to test learning and understanding of world meteorology and principles of astronavigation.

Number of students varies depending on location. Please see Locations and Formats for more information.

If you prefer the course to be run for just you and maybe your partner or a group of friends at a location of your choosing, this is also possible - call us for our private instruction rates.

What To Do Next....

Please call us to discuss availability and dates.

If you are a group of four or more people, please call us to discuss your preferred dates. We can run a bespoke course for your group.

contact us on +44(0)7977 459671 or +44(0)1253 853075 to confirm availability and to discuss your requirements in more detail, then complete and return one booking form per person with a 30% deposit payment.

Once the full course fee has been received we will send a formal booking confirmation and Joining Instructions to you.

Other useful pre course information is provided in our Shorebased Courses - Preliminaries sheet