Online Courses

The Course has been developed by Above & Beyond Boating to teach you the skills within the RYA Day Skipper Shorebased Syllabus.

There are 16 units, each on has structured training with questions at the end of each lesson that provide immediate feedback. At the end of each unit there is a quiz to make sure you have understood everything.

You follow the units in from 1 – 16 and then complete the assessments online.

The framework of the RYA Course has been used with practical Australian based case studies, pictures and examples wherever possible to ensure you finish the course feeling confident to undertake your next steps.

Your course pack will be express posted to you in Australia or registered posted to you internationally. The pack includes the RYA Day Skipper Shore-based Course Notes, 2 training charts, a training almanac, 2B pencil, eraser. You do not require the supporting materials until unit 6, so you can start studying immediately without having to wait for the pack to arrive.

This learn to skipper course features online lessons, put together with multiple video tutorials and questions, to guide you through the journey to becoming a fantastic skipper. If you want to learn more about safe navigation and practices, regardless of your previous boating experience, this online course is for you. It doesn’t matter whether you live in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, the Gold Coast or anywhere else in Australia, and even overseas – anyone can enrol in this course.

What’s brilliant about this course, is that you can now let your interests direct your own learning. The modular approach to online learning means you can start learning to sail your boat by taking bite-sized lessons when you have time to focus on a particular skill. You won’t have to worry about missing a face to face class as you can work through this skipper course whenever your schedule allows.

The Online Skipper Course provides mentoring along the journey of your boat ownership whether you have Blue Water Skippering experience, or you are just embarking on your first coastal sailing passages. If you’re buying a boat, then this course will help you become familiar with handling your boat and performing basic maintenance. Overall, the course will teach you new techniques and skills irrespective of your experience. Participants have the ability to ask questions throughout the course, and the implementation questions at the end of each module ensures learning is immediately put into practice.

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