Yachting Course advice

[Petrus1983]

Just asking for some advice. After happily selling my boat promising to never buy another one - I've bought another one.

This time it's a little different as I want to do some proper sailing/live aboard when needed etc. So I need to actually get some qualifications.

I've found a company called SkippersOnline who seem to have good reviews for the theory side. Has anyone used them or any other suggestions?

https://www.skippersonline.net/courses/rya-yachtma...

(If this breaks PH rules can you delete the link??)

[Bill]

I used https://www.navathome.com/ for my day skipper course 7 years ago. They were very responsive with questions and I have no complaints.

[Petrus1983]

Bill said:

I used https://www.navathome.com/ for my day skipper course 7 years ago. They were very responsive with questions and I have no complaints.

Thanks - I hadn't seen this one.

[Bill]

Can't remember how I found them, suspect it was a thread on here.

[Petrus1983]

Bill said:

Can't remember how I found them, suspect it was a thread on here.

They look really good tbh.

[OutInTheShed]

I did my YM a long time ago, but it was valuable actually spending time with people who go yachting.

You can buy a book for 10 or 20 quid and learn all the theory.
Some people get more than others from these online courses.

[Aerate]

I used navathome too. Couldn’t fault them and decently-priced

[StuntCock]

I did YM Offshore theory with skippersonline. Bloody hated it. Booked YM Ocean theory at the same time and gave up on it. Bought Cunliffe’s book instead which was much easier to digest. Now partly this may be my fault, I am not academic and these were the only online course I’ve tried. However I found them boring as hell, the same bloke droning on and on and on, using 30 words when 10 would do.
Personally if I were doing it again I would book a face to face classroom course.

[Doggleg]

Petrus1983 said:

Just asking for some advice. After happily selling my boat promising to never buy another one - I've bought another one.

This time it's a little different as I want to do some proper sailing/live aboard when needed etc. So I need to actually get some qualifications.

I've found a company called SkippersOnline who seem to have good reviews for the theory side. Has anyone used them or any other suggestions?

https://www.skippersonline.net/courses/rya-yachtma...

(If this breaks PH rules can you delete the link??)

I did various courses with Skippersonline about 3 or 4 years ago. They were excellent. If I had questions on things I didn't understand or needed further explanation on they were very friendly and responsive. The quality of their learning materials online is really good as well.

[BikeBikeBIke]

Petrus1983 said:

Just asking for some advice. After happily selling my boat promising to never buy another one - I've bought another one.

This time it's a little different as I want to do some proper sailing/live aboard when needed etc. So I need to actually get some qualifications.

I've found a company called SkippersOnline who seem to have good reviews for the theory side. Has anyone used them or any other suggestions?

https://www.skippersonline.net/courses/rya-yachtma...

(If this breaks PH rules can you delete the link??)

All you need is an ICC which can be done direct access in a single day for cheap. (And it's debatable if you really need the ICC anywhere, the law doesnt require it - you obey the laws of your flag state which is Britain, and Britain doesnt require any quals at all. So all the qual is for is to have something to show someone who wants to see something.)

If you want to do courses for fun, great, but don't be suckered into thinking you have to.

[Petrus1983]

Just a thread update - I ended up with Ardent Training. They had a more modern approach mixing videos and standard text, lots of support, a community group and the price was a little higher than others but acceptable.

Re whether I'm doing it for fun?? Yes and no - the new boat is one where I'll be taking non-sailors out by myself for the first time so I wanted the extra confidence, even if I ended up with a non- professional qualification (it's RYA).