Day Skipper Practical Courses

 

A course for aspiring skippers with some yachting experience and basic navigation and sailing skills.

The Day Skipper Practical course is a 5 day live-aboard course run consecutively (Sunday morning to Thursday afternoon) or over two weekends (Starting Thursday morning on the first weekend finishing Saturday afternoon. The second weekend starts Thursday evening again finishing Saturday afternoon). 

Learn to skipper a short passage with the instructor on hand to give advice and encouragement and ensure your safety. Experience being in charge, taking credit when it all goes well and being responsible when it doesn't.

 Course topics include:

  • Preparation for sea
  • deck work
  • navigation & pilotage
  • meteorology
  • rules of the road
  • maintenance and repair work
  • engines,
  • victualling
  • emergency situations
  • yacht handling under power
  • yacht handling under sail
  • passage making
  • night cruising

 Cost AED 4,500 Breakfast, Lunch, Evening meals and light snacks provided

Pre-course experience

5 days, 100 miles, 4 night hours on board a sailing yacht

Assumed knowledge

Equivalent of Day Skipper Theory

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Week 13/06/2010 17/06/2010 1
W/E 24/06/2010 03/07/2010 0 - closed
W/E 23/09/2010 02/10/2010 0 - waitlist
W/E 21/10/2010 30/10/2010 0 - waitlist
W/E 18/11/2010 27/11/2010 0 - waitlist
W/E 06/01/2011 15/01/2011 0 - waitlist
W/E 03/03/2011 12/03/2011 0 - waitlist
W/E 31/03/2011 09/04/2011 0 - waitlist
W/E 19/05/2011 28/05/2011 0 - waitlist
W/E 02/06/2011 11/06/2011 2