Coastal Skipper

nigelmercier said:
Also good, but more geared towards the practical course.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408129841/dolcetto-21
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I had an earlier edition (so may be out of date) but, as Nigel suggests, whilst Mr. Cunliffe writes very well about the practical side of things (I like his seamanship book too), I don't really feel he writes confidently about anything theoretical, academic or electronic. Lots of people do buy that book though ( I did).

FWIW the book everyone seems to recommend on the colregs is the "seaman's guide to the rules of the road":
http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Seamans-Guide-Rule-Road/dp/0948254580/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376312408&sr=8-1&keywords=rules+of+the+road

I don't know if it's just me, but I didn't find the Q&A format helpful and preferred to read the actual rules in the back which can be had on their own much cheaper (I think the RYA do such a book).

Those flip cards for lights and shapes etc. are good. Carry 'em about with you and test yourself on the train to work.

I don't think "just go sailing" is the answer here. It's not often you see a mine sweeper, a fishing vessel with its net caught fast on an obstruction, a vessel aground...Well ok hang around the bramble bank long enough, but anyone there never displays the right shapes anyway :-)
 
laika;4313690It's not often you see a mine sweeper...[/QUOTE said:
I've met one on the Clyde, with its minesweeping lights on. Mind you, it had all its other lights on too, so I didn't follow my personal rule on encountering a working minesweeper which is "Sail very carefully away from it, down its wake"
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KenMcCulloch said:
As it has been since before 1990.
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Are you sure ? I thought Coastal Skipper has become Coastal Yachtmaster a bit later while Yachtmaster Offshore remains separate.

I did YM offshore at the end of 1992 and think we'd have noticed, while another student was doing Coastal Skipper, he was a young RN Navigator and now commands a Type 45 !
 
Seajet said:
Are you sure ? I thought Coastal Skipper has become Coastal Yachtmaster a bit later while Yachtmaster Offshore remains separate.

I did YM offshore at the end of 1992 and think we'd have noticed, while another student was doing Coastal Skipper, he was a young RN Navigator and now commands a Type 45 !
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Coastal Skipper = Theory course + practical course.
Yachtmaster Coastal = Pre-requisite sea time + Test. No need to have done the courses. However, the pre-requisite experience is greatly reduced if you've dome the practical course.

So to be a Skipper you just need to do the course but to be a "Yachtmaster Coastal" you will need to pass the practical test.
 
tokoloshe said:
+ another.

Day skipper gives you your "ICC". Now get on and sail with more experienced skippers
and learn on the job.

Then spend the money you have saved on chartering.
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Unless you are working your way as quickly as possible to a Yachtmaster ticket with a commercial endorsement in order to earn some money. In which case do the theory and practical course then get the sea time chartering before doing the yachtmaster test.

*I'm not saying this will give the best grounding but it will be the fastest route to a commercial endorsement.
 
Buck Turgidson said:
Coastal Skipper = Theory course + practical course.
Yachtmaster Coastal = Pre-requisite sea time + Test. No need to have done the courses. However, the pre-requisite experience is greatly reduced if you've dome the practical course.

So to be a Skipper you just need to do the course but to be a "Yachtmaster Coastal" you will need to pass the practical test.
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So the yachtmaster offshore is still a separate thing then...
 
RYA coastal skipper is a 5 day practical course.
yachtmaster coastal and yachtmaster offshore are MCA Certifications that need a one day practical exam
 
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