R8Steve
New Member
Hi,
I'm new to the forum and hopefully this is the right place to post this and apologies if the subject has been done to death already...
I’m looking to start working towards getting my sailing certificates and was looking for a bit of advice as to go about it. My experience on sail is minimal with a few days out on a friends boat (Bavaria Vision 40), as crew on a 78 foot maxi racing yacht for 3 days and about 6 years of owning power boats between 21 and 32 foot in fresh water.
My ultimate aim is to own a smallish yacht (something like a Beneteau First 30 or similar) which would be moored in the west of Scotland and to have the ability to charter a yacht barefoot abroad but I do realise I am some way away from this at the moment.
Having had a look about at what’s available the most obvious option appears to be an ‘all in one’ option. I think it would give me the majority of the certificates I require and should give me a good grounding so as at least have a good idea what i am doing.
The blurb on the course says – ‘This Combo-Course Package takes you from zero prior experience, to full RYA Day Skipper (Coastal/Tidal) level, holding the Day Skipper Photo-I.D. Licence with I.C.C. Eligibility for chartering yachts worldwide. It is 1 x 5 Nights RYA Competent Crew, 1 x 5 Nights RYA Day Skipper + 1 x RYA Online Shore based Navigation Course + ScotSail® Online Day Skipper Student Resources.’
Has anyone done a similar course and if so how did you find it? I think it might be cramming a lot in too soon and that it may be better to spread the courses out over a longer period of time?
I'm new to the forum and hopefully this is the right place to post this and apologies if the subject has been done to death already...
I’m looking to start working towards getting my sailing certificates and was looking for a bit of advice as to go about it. My experience on sail is minimal with a few days out on a friends boat (Bavaria Vision 40), as crew on a 78 foot maxi racing yacht for 3 days and about 6 years of owning power boats between 21 and 32 foot in fresh water.
My ultimate aim is to own a smallish yacht (something like a Beneteau First 30 or similar) which would be moored in the west of Scotland and to have the ability to charter a yacht barefoot abroad but I do realise I am some way away from this at the moment.
Having had a look about at what’s available the most obvious option appears to be an ‘all in one’ option. I think it would give me the majority of the certificates I require and should give me a good grounding so as at least have a good idea what i am doing.
The blurb on the course says – ‘This Combo-Course Package takes you from zero prior experience, to full RYA Day Skipper (Coastal/Tidal) level, holding the Day Skipper Photo-I.D. Licence with I.C.C. Eligibility for chartering yachts worldwide. It is 1 x 5 Nights RYA Competent Crew, 1 x 5 Nights RYA Day Skipper + 1 x RYA Online Shore based Navigation Course + ScotSail® Online Day Skipper Student Resources.’
Has anyone done a similar course and if so how did you find it? I think it might be cramming a lot in too soon and that it may be better to spread the courses out over a longer period of time?
