Hiring an RYA instructor for training while transferring the boat?

[TheSicilian]

Hi,

this is to check whether it is nonsense or doable...
I am preparing for the Yachtmaster Offshore and having my own boat to transfer for about 500 miles, I was wondering if it could be feasible to hire an Instructor that would come along and do some training while transfering the boat.

The boat is a Jeanneau SF37, currently in Sicily, Italy and to be transferred to the north Tyrrenian sea.

I've found several instruxtors not associated to RYA, but do you think I could find an RYA one?

thanks in advance!

 

[Graham_Wright]

Me,Me,Me!!

 

[Skylark]

Hi @TheSicilian and welcome to the forum.

If you’re a Facebook user, try searching for the “RYA Instructors” group. You’re likely to get good, relevant advice from there.

Fair winds.

 

[lustyd]

Just bear in mind that a delivery trip doesn't prepare you for the exam very much so if it's prep, keep them on board for a while before/after so you can practice the required skills for the test. Nobody is going to want to do MOB drills or sailing onto anchor 3 days into a delivery!

Obviously you could turn it into a cruise with stops, just make sure you're clear whether it's delivery or training/cruise

 

[TheSicilian]

Just bear in mind that a delivery trip doesn't prepare you for the exam very much so if it's prep, keep them on board for a while before/after so you can practice the required skills for the test. Nobody is going to want to do MOB drills or sailing onto anchor 3 days into a delivery!

Obviously you could turn it into a cruise with stops, just make sure you're clear whether it's delivery or training/cruise

Thanks for the advice, of course I would go for some additional prep course before the exam, I agree I cannot practice much things that require stopping during a transfer.
Since I need to do this trasfer and I cannot do it alone I was thinking to use it to also review together passage planning etc at the same time.
Let's see what I get posting on the FB group!

 

[lustyd]

Agree if you need crew then an instructor will be more helpful anyway so makes sense. I'm sure you'd get value out of it

 

[Eccles]

Halcyon Yachts offer an RYA Instructor as a delivery skipper. I used them to assist with a delivery from Gibraltar to Jersey but in the end decided not to have an instructor (extra cost) as I thought a Biscay crossing might be stressful enough without the pressure of trying to absorb knowledge at the same time.

 

[capnsensible]

Agree if you need crew then an instructor will be more helpful anyway so makes sense. I'm sure you'd get value out of it

Yup. I've taught a lot of stuff during deliveries including theory courses once people get their sea legs. Makes an otherwise dull delivery much more interesting.

MOB practice in Biscay or on a rolly Atlantic is best conducted with a danbuoy!

 

[Graham_Wright]

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