A one-day course for anyone who owns or used a fixed of hand-held marine VHF radio. The Short Range Certificate is the minimum qualification required by law to control the operation of VHF and DSC equipment on any British flagged vessel fitted with a radio. A radio is an important piece of safety equipment on board and it is vital to understand the correct procedures. This course is a pre-requisite to Yachtmaster Coastal and Offshore examinations. This course is followed by an exam. 

Course Content

Basics of radio operation

Correct frequencies (channels) to use

Distress, emergency & medical assistance procedures

Ship to shore calls

Digital Selective Calling (DSC)

Global Maritime Distress & Safety Systems (GMDSS)

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB)

Search and Rescue (SART)

Costs Include:

Use of Simulators 

Course Materials 

Refreshments 

RYA EXAM FEE IS NOT INCLUDED (currently £60)

Courses are non-residential so accommodation is required in one of the hotels or guest houses near the Centre. We can provide a list of recommendations. 

 Price: 450Euro (plus exam fee)

Previous Experience: None 

Assumed Knowledge: None 

Duration: 1 Day or Online

A one-day course giving you an understanding of radar as an aid to navigation and collision avoidance. Radar is probably the most versatile of all electronic navigation aids,but the best results are only obtained when you know how to use all the functions correctly. The IRPCS state that if you have a radar, you must know how to use it.

Course Content

Switching On and Setting Up

Understanding the Picture

Refining the Picture

Radar Reflectors

Radar & Collision Avoidance

Fixing & Monitoring Position by Radar

Pilotage by Radar 

Costs Include:

Lunch & Refreshments 

Course Notes Book

Use of Radar Simulator 

Courses are non-residential so accommodation is required in one of the many hotels or guest houses near the Centre. We can provide a list of recommendations.

Price: 450Euro 

Previous Experience: None

Assumed Knowledge: None

Duration:  1 Day (Advanced 2 Days)

Advanced Radar

We can combine the 1-day RYA Radar course with a second day afloat on our Advanced Radar course on our motorboat taking your radar usage and understanding to the next level. On the water we put the skills into practice and learn how to deal with practical issues afloat. The second day consolidates your theory knowledge and puts it into practice so you can use your radar confidently.

Diesel Engine

A one-day beginners’ course to help you prevent and solve diesel engine failure.

Mechanical failure is the main cause of rescue call-outs to cruisers. Basic maintenance and engine

care will help ensure that you are not part of this statistic.

Most engine problems can be avoided by taking simple precautions, and you don’t need a detailed

mechanical knowledge.

This course teaches you how your engine works, how to keep it healthy by using basic checks and

maintenance procedures, and how to get it started again in the event of a breakdown.

Course topics include:

• the principles of diesel engine operation

• the systems and parts of the engine

• fault finding

• rectification of common problems

• bleeding the fuel system

• changing the impeller

• routine maintenance

• winter lay-up procedures

Certification

Achievement of the desired standard of competence will be attested to by a certificate issued by

the centre. The Certificate will state that the candidate has; completed a programme of training by

the Maritime and Coastguard Agency as meeting the requirements laid down in: STCW 95

Regulation VI/1 and paragraph 2.1.4 of Section VI/1 of the STCW Code. 

Price: 295Euro 

Previous Experience: None

Assumed Knowledge: None

Duration:  1 Day 

Our one-day course covers first aid subjects, but from a boating perspective. It is

aimed at anyone who goes afloat, whether on inland waters, rivers, estuaries or on

cross channel passages.

In a medical emergency a little first aid knowledge and immediate action can save lives, especially

in remote locations. This one-day course is designed to provide a working knowledge of first aid

for people using small craft and to support skippers.

It fulfils the requirements for:

• professional skippers of small craft working within 60 miles of a safe haven, including

Boatmasters;

• the Senior First Aid certificate needed by offshore racers subject to ISAF's regulations on

first aid training (OSR 4.08.4).

The course is recommended by the MCA and HSE.

The subjects specific to boating include:

• the recovery position in a confined space

• CPR, including the drowning protocol

• cold shock and hypothermia fromimmersion and/or exposure

• seasickness and dehydration

• medical assistance or advice by VHF

• helicopter rescue

Price: 295Euro 

Previous Experience: None

Assumed Knowledge: None

Duration:  1 Day 

A one-day course for anyone going to sea, providing an understanding of how to use

the safety equipment on board your boat.

A genuine lifesaver

Cruising is one of the safest leisure sporting activities, and 99.9% of those afloat will never use

their liferaft. However, if you are part of the unlucky 0.1% your chances of survival will be greatly

increased if you understand how to use the equipment and how to help yourself.

It is a well-proven fact that, in the event of an emergency at sea, people with training are more

likely to survive.

An important part of the course is a practical session in a swimming pool. Experience first hand the

problems of entering an uncooperative liferaft and assisting others while fully kitted out in wet

weather gear and a lifejacket.

Course topics include:

• liferafts and the equipment they contain

• survival techniques

• the design of lifejackets

• medical aspects of sea survival

search and rescue techniques

This course is a pre-requisite to Yachtmaster Coastal and Offshore Examinations.

Price: 295Euro 

Previous Experience: None

Assumed Knowledge: None

Duration:  1 Day 

Each year approximately 4,500 people apply to the RYA for a commercial endorsement in order to use their RYA qualifications professionally as skipper or crew. You could be doing anything from delivering a new 35’ yacht or driving a workboat with lifting and towing gear, to running a superyacht in the Med. Whatever your job is on board, in the commercial world you are a professional seafarer. As such, you are no different from the captain of a cruise liner – you have a duty of care to crew, passengers, and other water users, and you will be held to account if things go wrong.

The course is broken down into four modules:

• Commercial environment - how you fit into the professional maritime world.
• People – the importance of correct manning, keeping your skills up to date and the safe management of commercial vessels.         
• Vessel – the compulsory carriage and maintenance of safety equipment and how to create and implement risk control and operating procedures. ·        
• Purpose – making sure your vessel is suitable and legal for the work you are carrying out, your obligations in protecting the environment, appropriate planning and situational awareness.
• Following the modules there is a mock assessment so you can check you are ready before moving on to the final graded online assessment.

All new applicants for a commercially endorsed RYA Certificate of Competence must first pass the PPR course. Anyone renewing a commercially endorsed RYA Certificate of Competence must pass the PPR course prior to their next renewal date, if they haven't already done so.

Exemptions from this course

If you hold an MCA Deck Officer's Certificate of Competence as Officer of the Watch or above, Master 200* or Master 500 you do not need to take the PPR course. Please send a copy of your MCA certificate with your application or renewal form for your commercial endorsement.

* Please note the 'Master 200' referred to here is the MCA Master 200gt STCW qualification. This is not the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster™ qualification 

Price: 295Euro 

Previous Experience: None

Assumed Knowledge: None

Duration:  On-Line

Anyone requiring an ICC valid for inland waters must pass the CEVNI Test. 

A valid ICC is often required for cruising Europe’s inland waters. 

To validate your ICC (International Certificate of Competence) for inland waters you must take the CEVNI test, which checks your knowledge of the rules and signs that skippers of pleasure craft are expected to know and follow.

The “RYA European waterways regulations (the CEVNI rules explained)” publication G17 provides the information you need to learn the code in a clear and concise way – a sample paper can be found at the back of the book.

Buy RYA European Waterways Regulations (the CEVNI Rules explained) at the RYA ShopClick on the book to buy it.

Arranging to take the CEVNI test online

It is possible to take your CEVNI test online, anywhere, anytime as an alternative to the paper-based test.

Enrolling is easy, click on the button opposite to book your course and pay the fee, or contact us to pay another way.

Price: 150Euro 

Previous Experience: None

Assumed Knowledge: CEVNI Rules of the road

Duration:  

The ICC is a certificate which is intended to provide evidence of competence when requested by officials in foreign countries.

The ICC (or to give it its full title International Certificate for Operators of Pleasure Craft) is a certificate which is intended to provide evidence of competence when requested by officials in foreign countries. It is sometimes known as the International Certificate of Competence.

It is issued under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Inland Transport Committee Working Party on Inland Water Transport Resolution 40. It is this resolution which details how and to whom the ICC may be issued, the syllabus requirements, the layout of the certificate and it also lists the countries which have notified the UNECE Secretariat that they have accepted the resolution.

The UK Government has accepted Resolution 40 and has authorised the RYA to issue the ICC on its behalf. 

Course Details:

2 Theory session 4-5 hours each

• Calculating Tidal hights and streams 
• Calculating DR, EP, CTS
• Safety
• Terminology
• pilotage, Passage plan

1 Practical session 4-5 hours

Exam At Sea (See the Icc application form below for details)

Price: 350Euro 

Previous Experience: None

Assumed Knowledge: Israeli Skipper License (Coatal,Offshore, Commercial)

Max Participants: 8(class) 4(practical)

Required: 2 passport photos

Duration:  16 hours 

Download and complete the ICC application form. Only Your Details (first Page and Payment Details Laste Page) Please