The Yachtmaster Offshore Theory Course is ideal for candidates for the Coastal Skipper practical course & Yachmaster Offshore exam. Some revision of the Day Skipper shorebased course plus more advanced skills in offshore & coastal navigation by day & night, pilotage & meteorology.

Course content:

Passage Planning, Pilotage Planning, Colregs, Seamanship Skills, Chartwork, Electronic Navigation Systems, Tides, Meteorology.

• Position fixing, course shaping and plotting, tidal knowledge, use of almanacs and admiralty publications, electronic position finding equipment, taking and interpreting forecasts, plotting weather systems, weather predictions using a barometer.

Ability after course:

Background knowledge to skipper a yacht on coastal passages by day & night.

Assumed knowledge:

• Knowledge to the level of Day Skipper Shorebased.

Minimum duration:

• 40 hours plus exam time. We normally run this course over six days Monday – Saturday.