Thank you for choosing Sailingtao for your training, we are looking forward to your course and we will do everything we can to make it memorable, interesting, fun and educational. Please take a few minutes to read the pre-course information below.
SHOREBASED COURSES JOINING INSTRUCTIONS
The Joining Instructions below cover all shorebased (classroom) courses. Please read these top five generic paragraphs down to the header “Detailed Information,” then read the information specific to your course.
WHERE
Courses are run in 大连沙河口区一品星海14号。
PREREQUISITES
Some of our courses have prerequisites, these are not optional, they are requirements. If you are unsure what they are please check back against the relevant product page/course description (links are provided in the course details below).
CERTIFICATION
Certification for most courses is issued at the discretion of your Instructor and the Principal. The certificate is usually issued at the end of the course after you have completed the feedback form. All of our courses require 100% attendance.
DETAILED INFORMATION
RYA Diesel (1 day)
WHAT TO BRING
- Warm clothes as the workshop can be cold, (even on a warm day)
- Wear old clothes or overalls that can be worn when working on the engine
- No flip-flops or open-toe shoes, (steel-toe cap boots, if you have them)
- Notepad & pen
- Packed lunch
RYA NAVIGATION COURSES
- RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship (2 days)
- RYA Day Skipper Shorebased (5 days)
- RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased (6 days)
WHAT TO BRING
- Notepad & pen
- 2b pencils, eraser & sharpener
- Pair of drawing compasses
- Calculator (optional)
- Plotter and dividers (or borrow ours)
- Laptop or tablet (if you have one)
- Packed lunch each day
If you don’t have RYA Training Almanac, Dividers and a Plotter we will lend you these items for your course, however, they cannot be taken away. Night school students will therefore need to purchase these items so they can complete any homework, you can do this from us or online.
YACHTMASTER OFFSHORE SHOREBASED ESSENTIAL PRE-COURSE PREPARATION
Your Instructor will assume you are already at the standard of Day Skipper, You should already have a good working knowledge of the IRPCS. Pre-course reading includes
- RYA Navigation Handbook (Bartlett)
- RYA Weather Handbook (Chris Tibbs)
- Meteorological Terms for Yachtmasters
- International Regulations for Prevention of Collision at Sea
- A Seaman’s Guide to the Rule of the Road (Ford)
RYA RADAR (1 day)
Training takes place in our classroom, using PC-based Radar simulators so there is plenty of opportunity to experiment and practice the skills you are learning. The RYA course book and certification are included in the course fee.
WHAT TO BRING FOR RYA RADAR
- Notepad & Pen
- 2B pencil, eraser & sharpener
- Pair of drawing compasses
- Plotter and dividers (if you happen to have them)
While no experience of Radar is required before the course, it is useful if you have a basic understanding of navigation and of the International Regulations for Prevention of Collision at Sea. In particular Rule 19, part of which is described below. It will also help if you have at least previously seen a radar set switched on and in action.
Extract from Rule 19 – Conduct of vessels in restricted visibility.
(a) This rule applies to vessels not in sight of one another when navigating in or near an area of restricted visibility.
(b) Every vessel shall proceed at a safe speed adapted to the prevailing circumstances and conditions of restricted visibility. A power-driven vessel shall have her engines ready for immediate maneuver
(c) Every vessel shall have due regard to the prevailing circumstances and conditions of restricted visibility when complying with the rules.
(d) A vessel which detects by radar alone the presence of another vessel shall determine if a close-quarters situation is developing and/or risk of collision exists. If so, she shall take avoiding action in ample time, provided that when such action consists of an alteration of course, so far as possible the following shall be avoided:
• An alteration of course to port for a vessel forwards of the beam, other than for a vessel being overtaken.
• An alteration of course towards a vessel abeam or abaft the beam.
• Except where it has been determined that a risk of collision does not exist, every vessel which hears apparently forwards of her beam the fog signal of another vessel, or which cannot avoid a close-quarters situation with another vessel forwards of her beam, shall reduce her speed to the minimum at which she can be kept on her course. She shall if necessary take all her way off and in any event navigate with extreme caution until danger of collision is over.