Sail cruising
Note: Full details on the Sail Cruising and Yachtmaster Scheme, course syllabi & certifications are listed in the RYA Sail Cruising Logbook RYA G15, available from Trans Pacific Marine (phone 0508 800 600 or visit www.transpacific.co.nz).
Start Yachting
An essential introduction to sailing.
Aim: Gain experience of steering, handling sails, rope work and safety on board.
Duration: 2 Days.
Qualification: Course completion certificate.
Prerequisites: None.
Modules:
1. The yacht
- Basic general boating equipment and terms
2. Ropework
- Tying the 4 basic knots
- Use of winches & cleats
3. Underway
- Experience all points of sail
- Steering under sail & power
4 Rules of the road
- Keeping a lookout
5 Meteorology
- Sources of information
6 Man overboard
- Actions to take
7 Clothing and equipment
- Safety equipment & clothing
8 Emergency equipment and precautions
- Hazard awareness
- Emergency actions
Competent Crew
A practical course covering the basics of seamanship and helmsmanship.
Aim: Teaches crew to be useful member of a cruising yacht.
Duration: 5 days or 3 weekends
Qualification: Course completion certificate.
Prerequisites: None
Modules:
1. Yacht knowledge
- Sea terms, boat and sail parts and rigging
2. Sail handling
- Handling & trimming sails in various conditions
3. Ropework
- Handling ropes
- The essential knots and when to use them
4. Fire precautions & fighting
- Fire hazards
- Action to be taken
5. Personal safety equipment
- Understands rules and when to use/wear safety equipment
6. Man overboard
- Actions to take
7. Emergency equipment
- Operation of distress flares
- Understands how to launch & board Liferafts
8. Manners & customs
- Boating courtesies
- Protection of the environment
9 Rules of the road
- Lookout & responsibilities
10 Dinghies
- Safety awareness
- Rowing with oars
11 Meteorology
- Forecasting sources & interpretation
12 Seasickness
- Effect, prevention & treatment
13 Helming & sailing
- Basic principles on different points of sail
- Steering by compass
14 General duties
- Abel to carry out duties above & below decks.
Practical Day Skipper
A practical yachting course that aligns to Boatmaster, covering all practical skills and background knowledge.
Aim: To be able to skipper a keeler in familiar waters by day.
Duration: 5 Days or three weekends
Qualification: Course completion certificate
Prerequisites: 5 days seatime, 100 miles, 4 night hours.
Modules:
1. Preparation
- Preparing yacht for sea
2. Deck work
- Can handle & change sails as the weather requires.
- Can prepare yacht for berthing, anchoring, picking up a buoy and departure
3. Navigation
- Plotting visual fixes
- Use of GPS
- Tidal heights & streams
- Course to steer, EP & DR
- Buoys & beacons
- Log - keeping
4. Pilotage
- Prepare and execute Pilotage Plan
- Understands basic chart information
5. Meteorology
- Can source forecast Information
- Interpretation of weather information
6. Rules of the road
- Knowledge & application of IRPCS/Nav & Safety Rules Part 22
7. Maintenance and repair work
- Understands and carries out maintenance tasks
- Understands common rope properties and uses
8. Engines
- Changing filters and other minor repair & maintenance
9. Provisioning
- Understands how to victual a yacht
10. Emergency situations
- Able to take Skipper actions during recovery of MOB
- Distress flares & emergency equipment
- Towing
- Rescue procedures
11. Yacht handling under power
- Berthing, picking up buoys and anchoring
12. Yacht handling under sail
- Mooring buoys & anchoring under sail
- Steering and trimming sails effectively
13. Passage making
- Planning & making short passages.
Practical Coastal Skipper
A practical yachting course that aligns to the Coastal Skipper theory course, covering advanced skills and techniques.
Aim: To Skipper a yacht on coastal passages by day & night
Duration: 5 days
Qualification: Course Completion Certificate
Pre-requisites: 15 days sea time ( 2 days as skipper) 300 miles, 8 night hours.
Modules:
1 Passage planning
- All relevant planning to enable a safe passage.
- Custom procedures.
2 Preparation for sea
- Safety equipment requirements
- Skippers duties and responsibilities
3 Pilotage
- Preparation of pilotage plan and use by day & night
4 Passage making & ability as skipper
- Managing the boat and crew
- Weather and navigation
5 Yacht Handling Under Power
- Effective handling in confined spaces in various conditions
6 Yacht Handling Under Sail
- Sailing in confined spaces
- Anchoring & Mooring under sail
- Trimming & helming effectively on all points of sail
7Adverse Weather conditions
- Preparing, handling and navigation
8 Emergency Situations
- MOB recovery under power & sail
- Emergency actions & procedures.
