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RYA Dinghy Seamanship Skills

Learn how to handle a boat in all circumstances and solve problems afloat.

Course description

Improve your boat handling and manoeuvring ability in a range of different circumstances and develop the seamanship skills needed to solve problems afloat.

Course overview

Course length

Approximately 2 days, 16 hours or equivalent number of sessions

Course format

Practical course on the water

Required experience

Sailing skills to the standard of the Level 3 Better Sailing or Stage 4

Minimum age

Centre specific

More information

  • Launching and recovering the boat in different circumstances
  • Stopping
  • Reducing sail
  • Recovering a man overboard
  • Picking up a mooring
  • Anchoring

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