Surrey based RYA training centre offering Day Skipper Theory courses Next courses start September 2012 Classes are friendly and informal and held on weekday evenings over 22 weeks. Your tutor is a Commercial Yachtmaster and RYA shorebased instructor of many years experience. The course is competitively priced at £330 which includes the student pack and training almanac Course topics include: the basics of seamanship the essentials of coastal navigation and pilotage chartwork electronic charts position fixing plotting a course to steer weather forecasting and meteorology tides collision regulations construction, parts and equipment of a cruising boat emergency and safety procedures including distress calls, use of flares, safety harnesses, lifejackets and liferafts For those who want to take things further there are opportunities to practice onboard the tutor's o