RYA Seamanship Skills

The RYA Seamanship Course is a 2 day (16 hrs approx) course designed to follow the RYA Level 3 Better Sailing course or RYA Youth Stage 4 course or for anyone with similar experience who would like to learn some seamanship skills.

The seamanship skills include. how to sail backwards. how to sail without a rudder or centreboard, how to launch and recover from all our different shores and how to recover a boat which has completely inverted.

The course has a theory element, it includes:learning some sailing terms - so you can talk like a sailor .....and rules for the prevention of collisions at sea to keep you safe. Knowing how to source and interpret weather forecasts, understand the Beaufort scale, become familiar with tide tables and charts (maps of the sea) are all included. If this sounds interesting to you, get booked in.

Find a friend, neighbour or colleague, if you book for more than 1 person a discount will be applied. Need at least 2 to run this course. Let us know if you are interested by calling or emailing us on 03161 610 160 / info@whiteadderwatersports.org.uk

RYA Adult Level 3 Better Sailing course or RYA Youth Stage 4 course or similar experience.

Please bring with you:

1. Wetsuit (if you have your own one, otherwise we will provide you one)
2. Swimwear (for under your wetsuit which we provide)
3. Spare change of clothes
4. Closed toe footwear (that you don’t mind getting wet, just in case our boots don’t fit you)
5. Cap & sunscreen (for warmer days)
6. Woolly hat (for cooler days)
7. A towel
8. Food and water bottle (appropriate for the duration of the course) Coffee and tea, microwave and kettle available but no cafe.
9. A separate bag (for wet and dirty things)
10. Any personal medication (e.g. inhaler)
11. RYA logbook if you have one

Please also note the below:

1. We would advise all jewellery is removed
2. Long hair should be tied back
3. Any cuts of grazes should be covered with waterproof dressings

The RYA Seamanship Syllabus which in Summary includes:

Practical

Ropework

Fishermans Bend, Rolling hitch and Sheet bend.

Launch and recovery including windward and leeward shores.

Techniques: heave to, reef afloat, recover man over board, be towed by a power vessel, anchor, sail backwards, sail without a rudder or centreboard.

Recover from total inversion.

Theory

Understand 18+ sailing terms (words)