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The Day Skipper qualification confirms that the successful candidate has the knowledge needed to skipper a yacht on shorter, coastal cruises during daylight. The Royal Yachting Association administers the qualification, although most of the training is carried out by private companies.
Competent Crew is the entry-level course of the Royal Yachting Association for those who wish to be active crew members of a sailing yacht. [1] It is a hands-on course and by the end of the course participants should be able to steer, handle sails, keep a lookout, row a dinghy and assist in all the day-to-day duties on board.
A coastal skipper is a yachtsman or woman who has the ability to skipper a yacht in coastal waters by day or night. [1] There is a shore-based course which provides the background knowledge required, [2] a practical course which teaches the skills and techniques required, [1] and a Certificate of Competence.
The RYA set up a committee to govern its training activities in 1967 and the Yachtmaster Qualifications Panel was set up in 1971. Training is carried out in 58 countries and there are in excess of 25,000 RYA instructors across the world, (although many of these Instructors are not Yachtmaster Instructors but instruct in other disciplines (such as dinghy sailing, windsurfing and power-boating).
UKSA offers a wide range of paid maritime leisure courses ranging from dingy sailing and powerboating to the full RYA Yachtmaster syllabus. [19] UKSA accepted over 953 leisure course students in 2019 with an age range of 6-77.
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