
It includes advanced navigation knowledge, coastal and offshore passage planning. It covers in detail tides, the use of the Almanac and Tidal Atlas, main and secondary ports. Also includes advanced meteorology, safety and IRPCS knowledge and the use of electronics for navigation.
It’s available in a class based format (40 hours in a classroom, followed by an exam) or by distance learning (Online, provided by "Skippers Online", a RYA recognized Training Centre, specializing in online distance learning).
It’s available in a class based format (40 hours in a classroom, followed by an exam) or by distance learning (Online, provided by "Skippers Online", a RYA recognized Training Centre, specializing in online distance learning).
Programe
Before you start your course you’ll get a diagnosis test and some revision recommendations about IRPCS, fundamental knowledge that is necessary to recall so you can keep up with the course.
On your first day you’ll get the learning package that includes the Yachtmaster Handbook and the “GPS Chartplotter" simulator, that will be used during the course.
The final exam of 5 hours is divided in 3 parts: IRPCS, Chart Work and Meteorology. Additionally, the course covers yet safety equipment, stability, skippers responsibilities, electronics and navigation.
The program consists, among others, on the following topics:
Position fixing;
Heading, course over ground and course to steer;
Advanced tidal knowledge;
The use of the Almanac and Admiralty publications;
Electronics and navigation;
Taking and interpreting weather forecasts;
Atmospheric systems;
Weather predictions using a barometer and by observation;
IRPCS
Foreign navigation - Customs and regulations





On your first day you’ll get the learning package that includes the Yachtmaster Handbook and the “GPS Chartplotter" simulator, that will be used during the course.
The final exam of 5 hours is divided in 3 parts: IRPCS, Chart Work and Meteorology. Additionally, the course covers yet safety equipment, stability, skippers responsibilities, electronics and navigation.
The program consists, among others, on the following topics:














