RYA Competent Crew

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Overview

Course
Syllabus

RYA Competent Crew is a popular course aimed at beginners and those who would like to become active crew members rather than just passengers. You will experience living on board a cruising yacht and really get to know the boat. Through continuous guidance from your friendly and knowledgeable instructor, you’ll find that the course is entirely hands on enabling you to enjoy getting fully immersed.

Your time on board will be spent preparing and sailing the yacht on short passages, visiting rivers, marinas and picturesque anchorages across the Solent and Southampton Water. You will learn how to steer, handle sails, knots, keep a lookout, row a dinghy and assist in all the day-to-day duties on board. Knowledge of how to keep safe and what to do in an emergency is vital, so you will also learn how to operate flares, liferafts and how to assist the recovery of a man overboard.

RYA Competent Crew is open to anyone, and it’s an opportunity for an enjoyable holiday whilst learning a new skill. It’s likely you will spend time with others who are learning other RYA courses such as Day Skipper, additionally helping them to achieve their certificates whilst having a lot of fun.
Pre-Course
Experience
No experience required
Assumed
Knowledge
None
Student
Instructor Ratio
Maximum 3:1
Duration5 days (often run over 3 weekends or 3 days plus a weekend. If you have done the Start Yachting course, this course can be completed in 3 or 4 days).
Course
Content
  • Knowledge of sea terms and parts of a boat
  • Rigging and sails
  • Sail handling
  • Ropework
  • Fire precautions and fighting
  • Personal safety equipment
  • Man overboard
  • Emergency equipment
  • Tying knots
  • Meteorology
  • Seasickness
  • Helmsmanship
  • General duties
  • Manners and customs
  • Rules of the road
  • Dinghies
Ability after
Course
Able to steer, handle sails, keep a lookout, row a dinghy and assist in all the day-to-day routines.

What’s Included

When you book a course with Urban Truant we do our best to ensure there are no extra fees – everything you need to complete your course is included:
  • Your own cabin on board a beautifully equipped yacht
  • All meals and refreshments whilst on board
  • All mooring fees
  • All fuel costs
  • Use of Urban Truant’s quality wet weather gear and safety kit
  • RYA certification for all successful students

At Urban Truant we feel it’s important to provide quality catering and pride ourselves on serving fresh tasty food wherever possible. We are also happy to cater for different dietary requirements upon request.

Course Dates

Below are listed our available dates. If you cannot see dates that you require, please get in touch with us and we may be able to to arrange a more suitable date.

Please note. To complete your qualification, you are required to complete 5 days of training on board.

£559.60 = 2 - day course
£839.40 = 3 - day course
£1299.00 = 5 - day course

2024 Dates
2025 Dates
Monday 10 March
to
Friday 14 March
FULL
£1299.00
Wednesday 19 March
to
Sunday 23 March
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Friday 28 March
to
Sunday 30 March
FULL
£559.60
Monday 21 April
to
Friday 25 April
FULL
£1299.00
Saturday 26 April
to
Monday 28 April
AVAILABLE
£839.40
Wednesday 30 April
to
Sunday 04 May
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Monday 12 May
to
Friday 16 May
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Wednesday 21 May
to
Sunday 25 May
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Wednesday 11 June
to
Sunday 15 June
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Friday 20 June
to
Sunday 22 June
AVAILABLE
£559.60
Monday 23 June
to
Friday 27 June
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Wednesday 02 July
to
Sunday 06 July
1 PLACE LEFT
£1299.00
Monday 14 July
to
Friday 18 July
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Wednesday 23 July
to
Sunday 27 July
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Monday 04 August
to
Friday 08 August
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Wednesday 20 August
to
Sunday 24 August
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Monday 01 September
to
Friday 05 September
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Wednesday 10 September
to
Sunday 14 September
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Monday 22 September
to
Friday 26 September
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Saturday 27 September
to
Monday 29 September
AVAILABLE
£839.40
Wednesday 01 October
to
Sunday 05 October
AVAILABLE
£1299.00
Monday 13 October
to
Friday 17 October
AVAILABLE
£1299.00

Take advantage of our Combined Learning Packages

RYA Competent Crew
RYA Competent Crew
RYA Essential Navigation
RYA Essential Navigation
£1498 Combined Price: £1425

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