Do any schools run RYA training courses where you don't live aboard?

Re: Do any schools run RYA training courses where you don\'t live aboar

If the immediate objective is to get quals for flot/charter, and if the preferred sailing area is the Med, there are RYA schools out there. I did my DS with Aegean Sailing School in April. 3 students (2 DS, 1 CC), each with own cabin and "en suite" heads. As the only female on board, I got the "princess" cabin, which would also have been perfect for a couple. Every night in port, dinner out, breakfast was fairly much a DIY affair, lunch was salad and cold cuts bought in fresh daily by the instructor, and prepared by all, washing up (minimal) ditto.
Instructor, in spite of being ex-miltary + very competitive racer, was an absolute sweetheart.
No commercial connection, just a satisfied customer
 
Re: Do any schools run RYA training courses where you don\'t live aboard?

Strangely, I have come across the quotation before.

My question was what does it mean in this context?

Does Webcraft mean that I poo poo the idea of RYA qualifications because I don't have any (of course I don't, that would make me a hypocrite)

Does he mean I don't like having to conform to a syllabus that may have no relevance to my own needs. (damn right)

Does he meant that I argue against the RYA Qualifications because I don't think I could pass the exams. (Be the first exam - except "O" level French - that I have failed.)

So come on Webcraft, sage, what did you mean?
 
Re: Do any schools run RYA training courses where you don\'t live aboar

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People used to manage fine before the RYA (relatively recently) came up with the Day Skipper Money Making Scheme for Sailing Schools.

What on Earth are you talking about?
I was instructing RYA Day Skipper courses in 1975 at the Island Cruising Club, and I fail to see how you can call 33 years ago 'relatively recently'. It makes me question what else you know, or don't know, about the RYA Training Scheme and its history.

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Actually, the Day Skipper ticket came into being on 1 January 1979, together with Competent Crew and Coastal Skipper. Before that it was National Coastal I, National Coastal II and then Yachtmaster. Pre-1979 Yachtmaster was roughly equivalent to post-1978 Coastal Skipper.

How do I know? My YM certificate is dated 29/12/78; I just sneaked in under the old rules!
 
Re: Do any schools run RYA training courses where you don\'t live aboard?

MaxMonk

I've flicked through the rantings on this thread & have tried to ignore the noise, but I may have missed something in my haste to get to the bottom of the page!

Here's a solution for you.

2 years ago we bought our first 'proper' boat with sticks & things after owning 3 tiddly motor boats over about 10 years. My wife is not a natural boat lover so I hired a delivery skipper to show me the ropes on a 700 mile delivery trip. Then we went for it, with me showing my wife what I had learned in a very quiet, calm, fun way involving lots of nights at anchor with bottles of wine etc etc. We've not looked back since, although we did both do some distance learning theory courses which we both thoroughly disliked but thought were very useful!

We've learned from other people and our own experience, and my wife has been shielded from people on adrenaline trips which is her perception of courses (wrongly, probably, admittedly).

So - this is a very long way of saying - why don't you do the blokey learning and teach her yourself what you know by buiilding up your experience gradually on charter boats?

Sounds much more fun/romantic...

Happy learning.

Shuggy

P.S. You'll guess I haven't got a clue so if you see me sailing near you, it would be wise to stay out of the way... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
Re: Do any schools run RYA training courses where you don\'t live aboard?

Not posting related to the thread because I have nothing to offer. Just commenting on the rudeness which is independent of the topic.

You may also wish to read over your own posts that started as relevant - but as usual drifted.
 
Re: Do any schools run RYA training courses where you don\'t live aboard?

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MaxMonk

Why don't you do the blokey learning and teach her yourself what you know by buiilding up your experience gradually on charter boats?

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Um, not sure why this kind of learning is 'blokey', but would agree that you don't both need to do the training. My HWMBO hated teaching boats, so I did the Day Skip over a couple of weekends. We've since been flotillaing & bought our own boat (much cheaper than you think if you get a loan....), & he's catching up fast.

I know it seems a shame to have to split up for a couple of weekends, but it saves money & one of you can then have fun teaching the other.
 
Re: Do any schools run RYA training courses where you don\'t live aboard?

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Um, not sure why this kind of learning is 'blokey'

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I was referring to the damp bog seat!
 
Re: Do any schools run RYA training courses where you don\'t live aboard?

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So - this is a very long way of saying - why don't you do the blokey learning and teach her yourself what you know by buiilding up your experience gradually on charter boats?

Sounds much more fun/romantic...


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Hardly romantic! I've found teaching SWMBO to sail is like teaching her to drive - starts out all sweetness and light and ends up with blood on the floor, usually mine /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif. Much better to leave it to someone not quite so close to her, for the sake of marital bliss (I think that's what she called it). /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

TonyD
 
Re: Do any schools run RYA training courses where you don\'t live aboard?

Hi

I'm afraid spending five nights on board is compulsory for an RYA course.

However, there are schools such as ours that can offer you

1. a cabin with en-suite heads so no sharing

2. warm weather so no cooking - maybe prepare a salad at lunch but definitely eat in a taverna at night

3. maximum of four students so a lot more privacy and personal attention

Funnily enough, many wives seem to prefer learning to sail in the Greek islands than in the UK. Can't think why .. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Melody
 
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