The RYA Day Skipper Sail Course in Antigua, the Caribbean, provides a very useful and popular Captain's license for those looking to charter a yacht.
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Learn to sail a yacht in Antigua, the Caribbean.
The Day Skipper Sail Course is an introduction to taking charge onboard a yacht, allowing you to put your basic navigation, pilotage, and sailing skills into practice. It will provide you with an opportunity to take command, and to develop your leadership skills onboard, under the guidance of an experienced and friendly instructor. It is a very useful and popular Captains license for those looking to charter a yacht.
It includes 4 nights on board and food for Day 1. After that students are encouraged to take part in the provisioning and planning for the week.
Upon successful completion of the RYA Day Skipper Practical Course, you will be able to navigate and skipper a small yacht in familiar waters by day. This qualification is usually accepted when chartering a yacht as skipper anywhere in the world. Holders of the RYA Day Skipper Practical qualification can apply to the RYA for and receive an International Certificate of Competence (ICC) for a small charge.
In many places it is also a legal requirement to complete the VHF/SRC Radio course as well. You can do this online with us before arriving and sit the assessment before or after your course.
You are strongly advised to be comfortable with Day Skipper Theory before attending this course and we often run the theory course just before the practical or you can do this online before coming. In addition we find that even Day Skipper candidates can benefit from some dinghy sailing to improve wind awareness, and dinghies can be rented with or without an instructor at the National Sailing Academy.
This course can also be done on your own vessel.
It is also a good course for friends and families to sail together privately, either all doing Day Skipper or with Competent Crew candidates.
This RYA Day Skipper Sail Course in Antigua, the Caribbean, allows you to put your basic navigation, pilotage, and sailing skills into practice. It will provide you with an opportunity to take command, and to develop your leadership skills onboard, under the guidance of an experienced and friendly instructor. It is a very useful and popular Captains license for those looking to charter a yacht. Minimum age: 16
You are strongly advised to be comfortable with Day Skipper Theory before attending this course and we often run the theory course just before the practical or you can do this online before coming. In addition we find that even Day Skipper candidates can benefit from some dinghy sailing to improve wind awareness, and dinghies can be rented with or without an instructor at the National Sailing Academy.
Previous experience: 5 Days onboard but would recommend 10 plus, 100 logged miles and 4 night hours. Basic knowledge of navigation and sailing ability. Candidates should have completed RYA Day Skipper Theory or similar.
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