Miramar Sailing School RYA Competent Crew Practical Courses based in Antigua, Caribbean

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Competent Crew – Practical Course

This course introduces the complete beginner to cruising and teaches personal safety, seamanship and helmsmanship to the level required to be a useful member of the crew of a cruising yacht.

There are 14 syllabus subjects as follows:-

• Knowledge of sea terms and vessel components
• Sail handling
• Ropework
• Fire precautions and fighting
• Personal safety equipment
• Man overboard drill
• Emergency equipment
• Manners and customs
• Rules of the road
• Dinghies
• Meteorology
• Seasickness
• Helmsmanship and sailing
• General duties.

The RYA Competent Crew course is a 5 day practical course on board the yacht sailing the superb warm waters of the Caribbean. Combining a valuable training experience with a holiday in the sun has to be an ideal that many aspire to.

If you are the type that wishes to take charge of a yacht by progressing to the skills of crew, vessel and passage management that make a good skipper, this course is an essential prerequisite. Good skippers lead by example and without the knowledge gained from the RYA Competent Crew course, examples cannot be set.