RYA Yachtmaster Ocean course 

 

This course is for those aspiring to blue water cruising and is ideal for holders of the Yachtmaster Offshore certificate who are preparing for their first ocean passage.  It is the highest level of training provided within our RYA program, and highly respected for commercial positions on board of yachts.

 

 

 

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Course content

  • The earth and the celestial sphere
  • Practical guide to use and care of sextant at sea
  • Meridian altitudes
  • Sun, star and other sights
  • Ocean passage planning

The course is taught over 40 hours with one exam paper. It can be covered as a series of weekend sessions, or as an intensive week-long course.

 

Ability after the course

The training on astronavigation will make your sextant your best friend, and allow you to confidently take sights at sea to obtain your position and carry out compass checks. In addition you'll have a better insight in worldwide meteorology, passage planning and communications for long voyages at sea. Combined with sessions on crew management, watch keeping, victualling, water and fuel management and emergency equipment, this will give you a great knowledge base for putting the theory into practice on an ocean voyage.

 

What's included

  • All course materials
  • Sandwich lunch and coffee/tea
  • Free parking at our premises
  • RYA Ocean certificate when successfully passing the exam

 

Supporting courses

We recommend the C-MASTERS practical celestial navigation course for exercising taking sights and position fixing with a sextant at sea.

 

Supporting books

Books to further enrich your knowledge on ocean passages are RYA Offshore sailing, the RYA Meteorology handbook and the RYA Sea Survival handbook

 

 

Details of this course

Duration :  5 consecutive days or 2 weekends

 

Location: 

  • Kats, the Netherlands
  • Brussels, Belgium

 

Previous experience: Coastal or offshore sailing

 

Assumed knowledge: Knowledge of navigation at level of RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased

 

Number of students: 6

 

Minimum age:  18 years

 

Cost: 1075 Euro

 

Course dates :

  • 5 day course on 13 to 17 November
  • Please enquire for alternative course dates

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

I loved it and it fully exceeded my expectations

 

 Having an instructor that loves the topic is half way the success. My expectations for this course were high. The instructor was able to exceed them. I'm happy with the outcome and this course made me even more enthousiastic about celestial navigation

 

-- Pedro --

 


 

 

Overview of all our RYA shorebased courses

 

 

RYA Essential navigation

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Shorebased course for beginning crew members, providing essential knowledge on navigation and seamanship on board

RYA Day Skipper

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RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster

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RYA Yachtmaster Ocean

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RYA Radar course

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RYA Diesel Engine course

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Short Range Certificate

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One day course for obtaining your VHF GMDSS marine radio certificate

 

or do you prefer an online course ?

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Study a selection of RYA course at your own pace from your own seat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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