RYA Yacht Master (Shorebased) course Winter 2025

The SCCC is an approved RYA Training Centre and this year will be offering the RYA Yacht Master (Shorebased ) Theory Course.

The course will be run in Stone, starting Sunday the 12th of January 2025 consisting of 16 sessions starting at 09:00 to 12:00 each morning through to April

Cost will be £395 including all course materials.

Course topics include:

  • Position

  • The Magnetic Compass

  • Tides & Tidal Streams

  • Bouyage

  • Lights

  • Pilotage

  • GPS and Chart Plotters

  • Echo Sounders

  • Logs (Speed and Distance Measuring

  • Deck Log

  • Meteorology

  • Rules of the Road

  • Safety at Sea

  • Navigation in Restricted Visibility

  • Passage Planning

To find out more or to register interest in joining the RYA Yachtmaster Offshore course please contact our Training Centre Principal by emailing training@staffordcoastalcruising.org or phoning 07817 122491.

More general enquiries about club membership should be directed via the ‘contact us’ facility on the Club website at www.staffordcoastalcruising.org

RYA Yachtmaster Offshore-Application-Form – Click to Download

Please complete and return to training@staffordcoastalcruising.org

RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Course  Content – 2025 – Click to Download

Study guide – 3 hours per week