Because the op states that her husband has already had a few sailing trips aboard and she is currently doing a dinghy sailing course. The day skipper syllabus already covers the basics in my opinion and just feel that sailing schools use comp crew students to make numbers up to generate income.
Everyone probably thinks their area has some particular quirks or skills that make it the ideal place to do DS! IF the OP actually thinks they will be most likely to be chartering in the Med then a lot of that would be irrelevant (but is covered on DS Theory wherever you do it), but experience at med mooring with slime lines would be useful, and the skippers challenge might be as much about shade and ventilation rather than waterproofs!
But it doesn’t - it essentially assumes you’ve done CC
I’m sure some schools might do that - shop carefully for your school is better advice than just miss that stage out.
I think that doing it together is a great bit of advice. Too many couples have a skipper and an assistant, often with lots of shouting!
Mmm, just wondering, how many times have you taught either course? Have you looked at the course modules for both Iin the RYA cruising logbook?
Sorry my opinion differs from some others but hey ho thats life i suppose
That is wonderful advice to take onboard! Thank you. And love disappointed onlookers
Yes, understand that. But anyone who has worked in the sail training business will generally try and help people through their misconceptions. The competent crew/ day skipper thing is one of them regularly aired.
I think people do DS without CC "because they can" and it's seen as "more advanced" and comes with a piece of paper which has some practical value for chartering. This is perhaps the problem of advertising the RYA training as a "ladder". People think that if they jump on at a higher rung the lower ones are covered.
I did my YM Coastal Skipper 5 day course on a boat with 3 other CS students. It really wasn’t a good idea, we had to pair up in 2s to do everything or we wouldn’t have gotten through the syllabus 4 times each doing it separately.
Really pleased we will gain lots of experience there from Hamble. Sounds like when the time is right we’ll have lots of UK spots to choose from for the DS.
For most people that somewhat depends on where you live
I live within Greater Manchester. North Wales/Angelsey is my favourite water but I, like many, was made homeless by Storm Emma as it destroyed my marina. I now berth on The Clyde but had to sign the official secrets act and promise not tell everyone how good it is
For most people that somewhat depends on where you live
My husband and I are both from different parts of the country, currently living in London but have a young family. The move out is imminent but we find ourselves drawn to different coasts.In fact I'd say it might actually be preferable. A boat full of experienced people all trying to do things their own way is a nightmare to demonstrate your new found skippering skills in! Imagine booking on a 5 day DS course with 4 others and only actually skippering 1 day and pretending to be crew for the rest!
Presumably not schools that want to generate return customers by word of mouth or be widely regarded as good by their neighbouring schools (who must get some of those CC holders coming to do DS courses?). It certainly wasn't my experience.
