Happy 1 Yachtmaster followup (non confrontational)

[MedDreamer]

Pete

Kim locked your thread just as I posted to it but I would still appreciate your response to my post so I am repeating it below:-

Did you actually do the Day Skipper Theory course or just study the curriculum. The reason I ask is that I started the Day Skipper Theory course last night at college and will progress to Yachtmaster Theory after this course. It seems a big leap to go straight to Yachtmaster missing out Day Skipper.

Incidently the mix of the class was very interesting. There were about 20 people present of which I believe only three were actually boat owners. It was about 50/50 between those whose interest was sail and us stinkies. The instructor was surprised to see so many motorboat enthusiasts there - perhaps we are geting more safety aware after all. At the beginning of the seesion everyone took turns to introduce themselves and give their reasons for being there, without exception everyone said the main reason was to be safer in the water.



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[tripleace]

I must admit I hadn't thought of going to colledge to do the courses. thought you could only do it through a RYA training centre.

what sort of cost, do your courses go on and start again after the 10 weeks?




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[MedDreamer]

The cost of the course was £100 and it is run one night per week (2 hour session)for 24 weeks. This months PBO has a supplement listing all RYA approved training venues and I think you can also get it from their website

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[tcm]

You can do it thru the web too, i did, have a look at cmonline.co.uk, variable timescales too, so you can take daysor weeks or months

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[gjgm]

I m starting th YM, thought I havent done the DS.The tutor is going to go through the syllabus with me and check its the right course. Looking through the DS syllabus I was concerned that 75pct of it looked like revision, but I guess the tutor will tell me if I m right next week. There have been a few earlier posts on this some weeks ago if you search.

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[Happy1]

Martyn I ahd done the same as you, made a full reply and the thread was locked. Anyway in short I was agreeing that it was time for a fresh start for all on here, that I have done my day skipper theory but not the exam, that I was going to do the full 1 week raggie course in Scotland, but had to cancel due to Rugby commitments, as that would have given me the certification. Anyway signed up for the 24 week course and it seems great. What is good is that all there are there for the same purpose and you can discuss things freely, I am looking forward to it, whether I pass or not depends on my commitment as there seems to be loads to learn and lot's of homework.

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[MedDreamer]

Yes Yachtmaster does look more intense which is why I chose the Day Skipper course first. Will give me a good foundation from which to tackle the more advanced topics included in Yachtmaster but will still teach me the basics to help me make sure all onboard are safe.

Got a feeling that if I went straight to Yachtmaster I would end up "cramming" to pass rather than learning, absorbing and applying, therefore I have chosen to adopt this "building block" approach.

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[Alistairr]

So is Day Skipper something you learn from home?
Or is it a collage coarse like the Yachtmaster?



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[MedDreamer]

Both are possible but I chose college for the immediate interaction with the tutor.

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[tripleace]

Is it really possible to do it without a teacher?

I remember when I did day skipper it was great to ask questions on things you didn't understand




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[tcm]

Hold on a minute

Please all note can do day skipper, coastal or yachtmaster THEORY all on evening classes, or by correspondence course - all of them. You can take weeks and weeks over them, or a matter of (almost) days.

On yachtmaster, as h1 says, there are three papers: the instructor/examiner has latitude to some degree as to wherther you understand the principles and oops sily mistake (ok then) - or whether you fluked the correct answer (not good). Only one of the papers (collision regulation) stipluates a specific pass mark of 80%, and if you fall short than it's a fail.

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[tcm]

erm , no, you get a remote teacher who you can email and ask questions. On the webby course, they have nice easypeasy notesd to gawp at and press buttons and say ooh yeah.

Mind you, as with most things, nobody can teach you things - you decide to learnem, i suppose.






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