This can be taken as a 2 day course over a weekends. Held at Neilson's Brighton Marina HQ, in comfortable classrooms with great facilities including the fabulous 'Hotspot Cafe'! You will be taught by experienced, friendly tutors who will take you through the course with professionalism & understanding.

The course is aimed at a wide audience, including anyone new to sailing, motor boating, sea angling and diving as well as experienced dinghy and keelboat sailors and inshore racers & IRPCS.

This course is the perfect stepping stone to the more in-depth Day Skipper shore based course, or to courses on the water such as the Intermediate Powerboat, Start Yachting, Helmsman or Day Skipper courses.

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• Course Type: Theory


• Required Experience: None


• Assumed Knowledge:None


• Course Content: charts and publications, safety, engine checks, buoyage, tidal awareness, visual and electronic navigation, pilotage, rules of the road, anchoring, weather forecasts and passage planning.


• Ability After Course: It gives you confidence to get the most out of your boat, whilst being aware of the risks


• Minimum Duration: 16 hours (2 days)