RYA Sail Training                                

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As a Recognised RYA Training Centre Cruise Ecosse can run the following courses under the RYA training syllabus:

Start Yachting

Competent Crew Practical

Day Skipper Practical (tidal)

Coastal Skipper Practical (Tidal)

Preparation for Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster to obtain Commercial Endorsement

Alternatively instruction can be given on your own boat.

RYA training stands out as a badge of quality wherever you work or charter in the world. Their expertise and experience in developing training courses, together with the backing of the British Government’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), help to demonstrate why RYA qualifications stand out.

These are very much hands-on courses with little time to teach navigation or other theoretical subjects. It is therefore recommended that you take the equivalent RYA Shore Based Course prior to your practical course so you can put those skills into practice on the water.

Apart from the Start Yachting and Competent Crew courses a certain amount of knowledge and experience is required at each level. In many cases this can be obtained on the course. A summary of the courses are given below and more information can be found on the RYA website at www.rya.org.uk

Day Skipper

Coastal Skipper – Course Completion Certificate

Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore – Certificates of Competence

Responsibility for issuing certificates of competence for sail and power vessels is given to the RYA by the British Government through the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The MCA is an agency of the Department of Transport.

The RYA is authorised to qualify examiners, provide examinations and issue certificates on behalf of the MCA for the following qualifications:

Yachtmaster Ocean certificate of competence*
Yachtmaster Offshore certificate of competence*
Coastal Skipper certificate of competence*
Day Skipper certificate of competence*

(*commercial endorsements may be added to these certificates to enable their professional use in relation to UK codes of practice for small commercial vessels.)

The RYA also accredits training centres who provide training towards these qualifications. RYA examinations are conducted independently of the training centres to ensure the integrity of these qualifications.

If you require a Certificate of Competence then please let us know on the enquiry form so that an external examiner can be booked ahead of time.

Also before applying for a course check the following: You have a log book filled in and up to date, you meet the minimum qualifications and have the necessary certificates in date (especially so for a commercial endorsement) and bring your log book with you.

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