Irish National Sailing School
Coastal Skipper
The Coastal Skipper course is full of advanced skippering techniques for yacht sailors with considerable knowledge of sailing and navigation, wanting to undertake coastal passages by day and night.
- Intricate Passage Planning
- Preparation for Offshore Passages
- Pilotage plans for entering into harbours and coves by day and night
- In depth skippering including all responsibilities
- Advanced Yacht Handling under power
- Heavy weather sailing and preparation
- Understanding how to abandon a vessel.
Like the Day Skipper course, this course consists of skippered passages in a variety of situations. Each trainee will skipper more challenging passages and learn more about passage planning, pilotage by day and night, boat handling, safety and emergency situations. There is a residential option if required.
Coastal Skippers should be able to undertake more difficult passages by day and night and handle the yacht in more demanding conditions.
All Courses meet at INSS Clubhouse at 9.30am on first day of course. Where courses run on concurrent days overnight accommodation is aboard the yacht. Course finish times may vary depending on destinations and weather conditions.
Our cancellation policy for this course can be viewed here.
