Course Overview

This course begins to develop your broader “seamanship” skills and covers navigation, interpreting weather & environmental conditions, basic boat maintenance, assessing risks on-board and actions to be taken in an emergency.  Important boat handling skills & techniques to enable you to berth alongside a pontoon, pick up & leave a mooring, come-to & weigh anchor, heave to and sailing backwards.  You are really starting to become an inshore mariner!

This course is highly recommended for those who have completed the Start Helming course or those who have established sailing skills.

Course Overview
You will now advance your sailing skills and safety knowledge to enable you to skipper unsupervised in sheltered waters.

Course Prerequisites

Water confident and the skills, knowledge and experience you've gained from completing the Start Crewing and Start Helming courses.

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for participants who wish to begin skippering a keelboat, unsupervised.

Course Outcome

You will gain your Start Skippering completion certificate.