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RYA Competent Crew
The RYA Competent Crew course is a great way to get involved with sailing without the pressures of taking responsibility for the running of the vessel. A nice time spent soaking up
the day-to-day routines of a vessel while cruising under sail and developing the hands on skills neccesary to participate fully as crew.
Dates and fees below, or click
calendar, or call 08456 80 90 69 - 7 Days a week
RYA Competent Crew, Weekdays
Starting Sunday evening to the following Friday. £475 October - March, £550 April - September.
Dates
August 1 - August 6 - Two places still available!
August 8 - August 13
August 15 - August 20
August 22 - August 27
August 29 - September 3
September 12 - September 17
September 26 - October 1
October 10 - October 15
October 24 - November 12
November 21 - November 26
December 5 - December 10
RYA Competent Crew, Weekends - Three full weekends = 6 days sailing!
Friday evening through to Sunday evening.
3 Weekends - £550 October - March, £600 April - September.
Dates
7/8 Aug, 14/15 August, August 21/22 - Sold out
4/5 September, 18/19 September, 25/26 September. - Two places still available!
Note: Our fee's include the loan of foul weather gear, moorings, fuel and all incidental expenses
except meals ashore and water taxi's.
Be sure to view our:
Package deals & discounts page for ways to get more training for your money.
For more information call 08456 80 90 69 - 7 Days a week
Competent Crew Resources
Day Skipper Theory
Instructor Notes
Meteorology
IRPCS
Phonetic Alphabet
The RYA Competent Crew Course
The RYA Competent Crew course introduces the complete beginner to cruising and teaches personal safety, seamanship and
helmsmanship to the level required to be a useful member of the crew of a cruising yacht.
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Competent Crew Syllabus
Knowledge of sea terms and parts of a boat, her rigging and sails
Sufficient knowledge to understand orders given concerning the sailing and day-to-dayrunning of the boat
Sail Handling
Bending on, setting, reefing and handling sails
Use of sheets and halyards and their associated winches
Ropework
Handling ropes, including coiling, stowing, securing to cleats and single and double bollards.
Handling warps
Ability to tie the following knots and to know their correct use: figure of eight, clove hitch, rolling hitch, bowline,
round turn and two half hitches, single & double sheet bend, reef knot.
Fire precautions and fighting
Awareness of the hazards of fire and the precautions neccesary to prevent fire.
Knowledge of the action to be taken in the event of fire.
Personal safety equipment
Understands and complies with rules for the wearing of safety harnesses, lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids.
Man overboard
Understands the action to be taken to recover a man overboard.
Emergency equipment
Can operate distress flares and knows when they should be used
Understands how to launch and board a liferaft
Manners and customs
Understands accepted practice with regard to: Use of burgee and ensign, prevention of unnecessary noise or
disturbance in harbour including courtesies to other craft berthed.
Aware of the responsibility of yacht skippers to protect the environment.
Rules of the road
Is able to keep an efficient lookout at sea.
Dinghies
Understands and complies with the loading rules.
Is able to handle a dinghy under oars.
Meteorology
Awareness of the forecasting services and knowledge of the Beaufort scale.
Seasickness
Working efficiency is unaffected/partially affected by seasickness.
Helmsmanship and sailing
Understands the basic principles of sailing and can steer and trim sails on all points of sailing.
General duties
Has carried out general duties satisfactorily on deck and below decks in connection with the daily routine of the vessel.
We sail from Universal Marina on the Hamble. Easily the nicest marina on the Solent and perfectly positioned to access the central Solent.
Leisure craft users in Sussex, Kent and London looking for quality shorebased theory courses in the South East find that our training centre at Ringmer nr Lewes is a great
alternative to a long trek to the major sailing centres.
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