RYA Yachtmaster Ocean
RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Course
This course teaches the knowledge needed for making ocean passages.
We’re pleased to be partnering with skippers online to offer you the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Ocean shore based course.
It comprises of 13 online lessons and numerous self-assessment exercises.
- Introduction & Basic Astro Navigation Theory
- Using a Sextant
- Meridian Passage
- Sun Sights
- Plotting Your Position
- Planet Sights
- Moon Sights
- Star Sights
- Latitude by Polaris (The Pole Star)
- Compass Check by Sun’s Amplitude
- Ocean Weather & Tropical Storms
- Passage Planning
- Satellite, HF communications and obtaining weather data
