A Beginners Course For Anyone Wishing To Learn How To Sail
RYA Competent Crew Course – Course Syllabus
Knowledge of Sea Terms & Parts of a Boat
- Sufficient knowledge to understand orders given concerning the sailing & day-to-day running of the boat
- Bending on, setting, reefing and handling of sails
- Use of sheets & halyards & their associated winches
Ropework
- Handling ropes, including coiling, stowing, securing to cleats & single & double bollards
- Handling warps
- Ability to tie the following knots and to know their correct use: figures-of-eight, clove hitch, rolling hitch, bowline, round turn & two half hitches, single & double sheet bend, reef knot
Fire Precautions & Fighting
- Awareness of the hazards of fire and the precautions necessary to prevent fire
- Knowledge of the action to be taken in event of fire
Personal Safety Equipment
- Understands & complies with rules for the wearing of safety harnesses, lifejackets and personal buoyancy aids
Man Overboard
- Understands the action to be taken to recover a man overboard
Emergency Equipment
- Can operate distress flares & knows when they should be used
- Understands how to launch & board a liferaft
Manners & Customs
- Understands accepted practice with regard to: use of burgees & ensigns, prevention of unnecessary noise or disturbance in harbour including courtesies to other craft berthed
- Aware of the responsibility of yacht skippers to protect the environment
Rules of the Road
- Is able to keep an efficient lookout at sea
Dinghies
- Understands & complies with the loading rules
- Is able to handle a dinghy under oars