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RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Notes

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This new edition of the RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Notes includes enhanced sections on weather, navigation, pilotage, voyage planning, and special situations when afloat.

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The RYA Yachtmaster qualification is the pinnacle of yacht training. Anyone seeking to gain an RYA Yachtmaster Certificate of Competence requires a broad theoretical knowledge base and a high level of practical skill.

This new edition of the RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Notes includes enhanced sections on weather, navigation, pilotage, voyage planning, and special situations when afloat. These sit alongside informative and highly illustrated notes on all aspects of the syllabus, ensuring that this title provides valuable information for anyone looking to become an RYA Yachtmaster, and those who have already passed the exam.

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RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Notes

The RYA Yachtmaster qualification is the pinnacle of yacht training. Anyone seeking to gain an RYA Yachtmaster Certificate of Competence requires a broad theoretical knowledge base and a high level of practical skill.

This new edition of the YSN RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Notes includes enhanced sections on weather, navigation, pilotage, voyage planning, and special situations when afloat. These sit alongside informative and highly illustrated notes on all aspects of the syllabus.  Thus ensuring that this title provides valuable information for anyone looking to become an RYA Yachtmaster, and those who have already passed the exam.

For a useful book of exercises, have a look at this. It is packed with practice questions and test papers.  It also comes with a free practice chart, together with extracts from tide tables, almanacs and pilotage notes.  This package enables students to work on real scenarios and plot their own courses without the need for other material. The current edition has been revised throughout with new practice questions and examples as well as new photography and diagrams.  This is the invaluable textbook and exam revision guide for anyone studying for the RYA exams.

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RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Handbook or/and Shorebased Notes

• Thread starter BarryWhite
• Start date 23 Sep 2021
• 23 Sep 2021

Dear Fellow & Respected Sailors, Now that I have my dayskipper certificate, I would look to go to the next level and start studying for the Coastal and Offshore . > Do you have experience with the books below ? What is the difference ? Which one should I order ? - RYA Yachtmaster Handbook ( RYA Yachtmaster Handbook ) - RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Notes ( RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Notes ) THANK YOU !  

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They're both excellent. Just as the syllabus for the Practical calls for you to get a range of cruising experience into your logbook before presenting yourself for assessment, so also is it worthwhile to read more widely/watch a range of videos.... learn more and deeper as best you can. Saint Tom Cunliffe is good for this ( don't tell him I said so ). So also are Mike Peyton's little books of humourous* cartoons - every last one of which has a little gem of practical seamanship hidden inside. Above all, enjoy the journey. It's not the RYA that tests you.... *sorted  

zoidberg said: They're both excellent. Just as the syllabus for the Practical calls for you to get a range of cruising experience into your logbook before presenting yourself for assessment, so also is it worthwhile to read more widely/watch a range of videos.... learn more and deeper as best you can. Saint Tom Cunliffe is good for this ( don't tell him I said so ). So also are Mike Peyton's little books of humerous cartoons - every last one of which has a little gem of practical seamanship hidden inside. Above all, enjoy the journey. It's not the RYA that tests you.... Click to expand...

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The Complete Yachtmaster by Tom Cunliff is better than the RYA Yachtmaster Handbook, in my view. However, Stress-Free Navigation and Stress-Free Sailing, both books by Duncan Wells will provide you with the skills you need, assuming you practise them. There is an RYA Shorebased Course, with exam, RYA Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore. The shore based notes book covers the stuff you need for that. Later, if you want to get the certificate of competence, you need to be assessed by an Examiner, at sea, of your practical skills, which could also includes any subject from the shore based syllabus. You dont need your shore based course certificate to be assessed for "Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence". Its all explained here, if you need to more RYA Sail Cruising Training | Courses for beginners and professionals  

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I found the Yachtmaster Handbook absolutely bang on for helping to prepare candidates for their practical exam. I reckon it's best timed to use it as a guide in the few weeks before taking the practical assessment. Every single candidate that I got to use this book passed their practical. I know the author a bit. As head of training at one time within the RYA he had a lot to do with improving the whole scheme. So if the guy who more or less invented lots of it writes the book on how to pass, for me that's made it exceptional value. ?  

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I think the Shorebaased Notes come free with the theory course, bundled with the Training Almanac and the charts of Narnian waters required for the exercises and exam.  

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Oops! I made a 'foxes paw' in #2 and didn't notice.... and now I can't sneakily fix it. Sawdit! Rong! Now sorted.  

• 25 Sep 2021

MADRIGAL said: look forward to the new edition to see how his views evolve Click to expand...

• 26 Sep 2021

lustyd said: Is there a new edition coming? I was looking recently and it seemed a very long time since the last update especially at a time when sailing/navigating has changed quite a bit in practice. I was rereading my copy (not the latest) recently and some of the advice feels pretty alien in 2021 so look forward to seeing how it changes. Click to expand...

Thanks just preordered on Amazon for delivery 30th September. Amazingly it’s already discounted too!  

zoidberg said: I hear on the wind that it's now much, much easier to pass the YM Practical than in the past ( sez he, sticking head above parapet! ) Does that mean the Book will be correspondingly slimmed down....? And if so, will we have fun spotting the bits that have been 'cancelled'....? Click to expand...

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It’s now almost 40 years since I was awarded my YM, and I assume that the syllabus has been tweaked and modified to take into account the technical advances over that period, for example knowledge of Morse code no longer seems to be a requirement, whilst back then the abréviation GPS would have just raised a blank stare. Maybe it’s a bit like us oldsters saying GCSE’s are easier now than when we did them, I don’t honestly know, but IMHO it is a really worthwhile exercise aiming for the YM and a fantastic feeling when the examiner says that they consider you competent and will recommend that you be granted a YM Certificate.  

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RYA Yachtmaster

Online Theory Course

A challenging course which stretches you but backed up with excellent coaching and instructor support.

Advanced training for more experienced skippers to navigate safely on coastal and offshore passages

The RYA Yachtmaster  online theory course takes your theory knowledge to the standard required for the Yachtmaster Coastal and Yachtmaster Offshore practical exams.

This course advances your skills as a skipper of a yacht or motor boat, with an emphasis on navigation and passage planning for more complex coastal or offshore passages by day and night

Includes some time for the revision of Day Skipper subjects then moves on to cover a greater depth of knowledge and more advanced skills in navigation, pilotage & meteorology.

Successfully gaining your RYA Yachtmaster theory certificate will enable you to confidently work towards your Yachtmaster Coastal or Yachtmaster Offshore practical qualification.

• Assumed knowledge To Day Skipper theory level.
• Minimum duration A minimum of 40 hours of course study time is specified by the RYA, plus time for exercises and exams.
• Ability after course Theory knowledge to skipper a vessel on coastal and offshore passages by day and night.  

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Pilotage for RYA Yachtmaster Offshore

• Charts & Other Publications
• Definition of Position, Time, Speed & Distance
• The Compass (including allowance for deviation and swinging the compass)
• Tidal Theory
• Tidal Heights (including secondary ports)
• Tidal Streams (including interpolation of drift)
• Estimated Position
• Course to Steer
• Visual Aids to Navigation
• Electronic Aids to Navigation
• Passage Planning
• Meteorology (including interpreting surface pressure charts)
• The Collision Regulations
• Safety & Protection of The Environment

Unlimited support from our dedicated RYA Instructors - 365 days a year via email, phone or Skype/Zoom.

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17 fully-narrated online lessons including animations, videos and realistic 3D graphics.

Embedded quizzes with instant feedback in each lesson.

14 self-assessment exercises with fully worked answers.

Over 50 downloadable or linked resources.

Videos covering: updating paper charts, engine checks, dismasting, jury rig, flood control, firefighting, gas explosions, capsize, lifejacket checks, how to put on a lifejacket and what happens when it inflates, man-overboard recovery, launching and boarding a liferaft.

Free Radar course.

RYA Student Pack (including 2 training charts, training almanac & course handbook).

Mock exams to prepare you for the real thing and give you the confidence to pass. 

3 final online exams with detailed instructor feedback and free repeat attempts if requried.

RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Theory Course Completion Certificate.

12 months access to study with instructor support and exams - you can extend this if you want.

Lifetime access to training materials once you’ve completed the course.

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You can start studying immediately as many of the lessons don’t rely on the printed support materials.

This course is accessed online with no additional software required.

Lessons are accompanied by optional professional narration, and notes. 

They are intuitive and easy to follow, whilst more complex subjects are accompanied by interactive animations and graphics to help you gain a full knowledge of each subject in the course syllabus.

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You can go over these again and again, and test your knowledge with regular quizzes throughout each lesson. 

At the end of each lesson there is an excercise containg similar questions to the exam, with detailed and illustrated answers sent to you immediately to confirm your progress and fully prepare you for your mock and final exams.

You can repeat entire lessons and excercises as often as you wish until you are confident that you fully understand each subject.

When you have completed the course you can request mock and then final exams.

These are assessed by our RYA Instructors and detailed feedback is provided in any areas that may require further study within the course.

If you pass the final exams you will be awarded the RYA/MCA Coastal Skipper & Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased Course Certificate , which will be posted to you.

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Excellent Yachtmaster theory course - I’d definitely recommend it.

Does what it says on the tin and more. I was impressed how well the course managed to tackle teaching relatively complex skills in a logical and easy to understand way.

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I found the Yachtmaster theory course to be really well structured and covered all of the syllabus in great detail. I was impressed by how well the course managed to tackle teaching relatively complex skills in a logical and easy to understand way.

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RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Exam

Full details of the exam syllabus and requirements are shown in the RYA Yachtmaster Scheme Syllabus and Logbook (G158) available from the webshop (see right).

RYA Yachtmaster Offshore practical exams can be taken under sail or power and your certificate will be endorsed accordingly. The candidate or a training centre provides the boat and the RYA provides an examiner. Note: All qualifying sea time and passages must be gained on vessels appropriate to the type of exam i.e. gained in sailing vessels for a sail exam and power vessels for a power exam.

There is no formal training course leading up to the exam, but those who have not previously taken RYA courses often find it useful to book themselves in for some informal training at an RYA centre prior to their exam. This training can be tailor-made to your specific needs and helps to fill any gaps in your knowledge that may become apparent.

The exam will include an assessment of your skippering skills, boat handling, general seamanship, navigation, safety awareness and knowledge of the IRPCS, meteorology and signals.

Boats used for exams

You may use your own boat or a boat that you have chartered or borrowed. You will be responsible for ensuring the boat is seaworthy and suitable for the area in which the exam takes place and equipped as shown below.

The boat used must be between 7m and 18m (LOA) and be in sound, seaworthy condition, equipped to the standard set out in the RYA Boat Safety Handbook 2nd Edition (code G103). The boat must be equipped with a full up to date set of charts and navigational publications along with working instruments and either plotter or GPS. In addition to the candidate there should be two crew on board as the examiner will not take part in the management of the boat during the exam.

There may be vessels that will meet the guidelines outlined above but by virtue of their layout, construction, handling characteristics or other factors may be unsuitable for use for an RYA Yachtmaster Practical examination. The RYA reserves the right to refuse an exam on a vessel that, in the view of the RYA Chief Examiner, will not allow the examiner to conduct an examination to the standard required by the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Qualification Panel.

Before you book your exam please check that you:

• can provide a boat
• have completed the required mileage and experience as skipper
• hold an SRC (Short Range Certificate) or higher level GMDSS radio operators qualification
• hold a valid first aid certificate
• have read the syllabus in RYA Logbook (G158)
• have read and comply with the pre-requisites above.

Additionally if not on the boat, you will need to bring to the exam:

• laminated or waterproof charts
• GPS set (may be hand held)
• tide tables
• pilotage information for the local area, eg pilot books, port information etc
• plotting instruments.
• Photographic ID card or document, such as a passport or driving licence

If you need your Certificate of Competence in order to work on board a commercial craft subject the MCA's codes of practice, you will need to get it commercially endorsed .

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