Requirements:    Some practical experience or Competent Crew Course desirable

Duration:           4 Weeks (Two Evening and a Saturday or Sunday half say practical per week)

Where:              Buffalo River Yacht Club, East London.

This course is for those who have completed the Competent Crew course or for those who have had sufficient previous yachting experience. The course teaches the necessary skills required to skipper a small cruising yacht safely by day in tidal waters.

This course lays down the foundation of navigation for day skippers and also covers the essential skills of close quarter manoeuvring (sailing and motoring on and off the dock, man over board etc) and offshore skippering skills. Students learn to take charge of the vessel and each student acts as skipper on a short passage.

• Nautical Terms
• Ropework
• Anchorwork
• Safety
• International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
• Definition of position, course and speed
• Navigational charts and publications
• Navigational drawing instruments
• Compass
• Chartwork
• Tides and tidal streams
• Visual aids to navigation
• Meteorology
• Navigation in restricted visibility
• Marine environment
• Preparation for sea
• Deck work
• Navigation
• Pilotage
• Meteorology
• Rules of the road
• Maintenance and repair work
• Engines
• Emergency situations
• Yacht handling under power
• Yacht handling under sail
• Passage planning

Course materials and instruments:

All students are provided with a manual produced by the Buffalo River Sailing School. Instruments and charts are supplied and included in the course price.

Level of skill on completion of course:

After completing the SAS Day Skipper Course and passing the SAS Exams, you will have the necessary knowledge to skipper a yacht within 15nautical miles of your home port by day.

Course Price: R3 600.00

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