Competent Crew Course


Sail Training

Sail Training...

Introduction to Sailing
$440
1 live-aboard weekend

Competent Crew
$880
2 live-aboard weekends

Yachtmaster Practical
$440
Exam Coaching live-aboard weekends

RYA Theory...

RYA Yachtmaster Theory
$990
3 weekends 8-4pm

RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Theory
$990
10 4-hr standalone modules

Ocean Sailing...

Mate of Watch Course will be available on the
Sydney-New Zealand
passage in November 2022

Yachtmaster Ocean Qualifier will be available on the
Sydney-New Zealand
passage in November 2022

* See pricing note at foot of page


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Competent Crew Course


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Pre-requisites: Introduction course or equivalent experience

Duration: Live aboard for two weekends. This course includes about 36 hours of sail training and about 5 hours of night time sailing.

Cost: £500/$880 AU*. Includes meals and accommodation on board overnight

Don't forget that annual club membership costs only £30/$50 AU a year and will entitle you to come on any of our low-priced members' courses

At the end of this course, students should have the following skills

Knowledge of sea terms and parts of a boat, rigging and sail
• Sufficient knowledge to understand orders given concerning the sailing and day-to-day running of the boat

Sail Handling
• Bending on setting, reefing and handing of sails

Ropework
• Handling ropes including coiling, stowing, securing to cleats and single and double bollards
• Handling warps
• Ability to tie and know how to use:-
• Bowlines, Round turn and two half hitches, single and double sheetbends, reef knots

Fire Precautions and Fire fighting
• Awareness of the hazards of fire and the precautions necessary to prevent fire.
• Knows action to be taken in the event of fire

Personal Safety Equipment
• Understands and complies with rules for the wearing of safety harnesses and personal buoyancy aids

Man Overboard
• Understands action to be taken to recover a man overboard

Distress Signals
• Can operate distress flares and knows on what occasion to use them

Rules of the Road
• Is able to keep an efficient lookout at sea

Dinghies
• Understands and complies with loading rules and is able to handle a dinghy under oars and motor

Meteorology
• Is aware of forecasting services and understands weather forecasting information

Sea-sickness
• Working efficiency when affected by sea-sickness

Helming and sailing
• Understands the basic theory of sailing and can steer and trim sails on all points of sailing.
• Can steer a compass course under sail and power

Engines
• Is able to stop and carry out simple checks on the owner serviceable parts and systems of an inboard and an outboard

Artificial Resuscitation and First Aid

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* See pricing note at foot of page

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