Offshore Skills Development weekend - Advanced Pilotage - FULL
Skills Development weekend from Fri eve 7th Oct to Sunday 9th Oct, skipper by an RYA Instructor.
ADVANCED PILOTAGE TECNIQUES
This is a weekend focussed on honing pilotage skills. It will give attendees the chance to practice and build on the pilotage techniques that will have been learned/practiced in their RYA Day skipper theory/practical.
The course will give you confidence to navigate at close quarters in day, night, or fog even if your electronics have failed.
This course is suitable for those whose skills are at RYA Day skipper level or higher. Below is an example of what will be covered though the exact makeup of the weekend will be (as always in sailing) to some extent determined by conditions and strength of crew.
Pilotage
Working up and following forward/back bearings
Identifying and following transits, both charted and natural
Using clearing bearings to avoid dangers
Anchoring on predetermined spot
Tacking safely between unseen shallows or dangers
Night pilotage
Latticing (quick position plots when tacking up wind at night)
Following depth contours
Blind Navigation (simulated fog navigation)
Cost of the training is £355
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Last updated 12:33pm on 25 April 2024