Best Dayskipper correspondence course?

[ColdFusion]

Hi,

I need to do a dayskipper theory course but I'm unable to attend a classroom based course due to work commitments. Has anyone had any experience of the numerous correspondence courses that seem to be available?

Any info greatly appreciated

 

[poter]

I have sent you a pm on this.

regards


poter

 

[bryantee]

The Complete Course on cd at £49 + the practise RYA charts and tide tables are as good as any. Thats if you don,t cheat and then take the Yacht master theory at a correspondence school that can administer the exam.

 

[taf]

I've just done the correspondance course that is administered by Solent School of Yachting. A couple of the practice questions needed updating, but apart from that it was A1. I completed it fairly easily in 3 months doing odd bits in evenings after work. You could do it much quicker. I also bought the CD than bryantee mentioned, as a useful backup, and it has really good quiz sections - you could use it alone if you already have a bit of knowledge (as a complete beginner, it wouldn't have been enough for me).

I'm about to embark on coastal skipper now, and have chosen Tiller School, only because Solent don't do coastal by correspondance. Tiller looks like the next best choice after lots of surfing ! Whoever you chose, you should be able to negotiate a hefty discount if 2 of you do it together.

 

[gtmoore]

I did my Dayskipper and VHF courses with the Tiller school and found them to be excellent