Also known as the Essential Navigation and Seamanship course, this course is designed to provide you with a brief introduction/refresher to navigation and seamanship for complete beginners and rusty sailors alike.

Pre-course experience

No pre-course experience is required.

Assumed Knowledge

None

Minimum course duration

16 Hours

Course Content

This course covers topics such as the charts and publications, tide awareness, planning passages, pilotage, rules of the road, weather forecasts, buoyage, anchoring, engines and safety at sea.

How the Courses Can Be Taken

This course is conducted in a classroom either over two intensive days or over a period of 5 evenings.

Ability after the Course

This course provides you with enough knowledge to navigate around familiar inshore waters by day.

The Next Step

Once you have completed your Basic Navigation Theory course, we recommend you move on to your Day Skipper Theory.

What To Take

You will need to provide a 2B pencil and sharpener, an eraser, paper and a pen. A calculator is not compulsory but can sometimes be helpful.

Guide price

Basic navigation Theory Courses can cost between £180 and £200.