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Irish National Sailing School

Coastal Navigation for Small Boats – C2

Start Date: March 12, 2024

The Coastal Navigation for Small Boats course is a short theory course that is ideal for powerboaters. The course is certified by Irish Sailing (national governing body for sailing and powerboating in Ireland) and will teach you all the fundamental navigational skills needed to safely operate a powerboat on longer trips away from base. This course satisfies the navigation and theory pre-requisits for the Irish Sailing Intermediate Powerboat Certificate and Irish Sailing Advanced Powerboat Certificate.

Overview

Course Title :

Coastal Navigation for Small Boats

Syllabus

What you’ll be able to do

Interpret Weather forecasts, source information and plan accordingly
Chartwork; identify distances, plot positions, determine course to steer and more
Understand how to utilise electronic aids to navigation; GPS, Electronic Chart Plotter and more
Calculate tidal heights
Identify Buoyage at both day and night
Prepare detailed passage plans, using charts, interpreting the effect of tide and weather
Understand and comply with IRPCS

The course fees are €190, including all course materials.

Our cancellation policy for this course can be viewed here.

Other Information

Course Dates 2024

Courses run on dates and times indicated below.

Course 1: Saturday 13^th and Saturday 20^th January (10am-5pm both Saturdays)
Course 2: Tuesday 12^th, Thursday 14^th, Tuesday 19^th and Thursday 21^st March (6pm-9.30pm each evening)
Course 3: Saturday 22^nd and Saturday 29^th June (10am-5pm both Saturdays)
Course 4: Tuesday 17^th, Thursday 19^th, Tuesday 24^th and Thursday 26^th September (6pm-9.30pm each evening)

Great experience - Came here with my mom for a stand up paddle board rental, the staff went above and beyond to be super friendly and the experience was great and good value!

lizzyvallely
28/07/2020
Advanced Power Boat Course - I would recommend anyone looking to improve their skills to attend this course. Excellent facilities, boats and really good instruction. Good craic with the group too. Will definitely do this again even though I got the cert.

kierann
05/12/2022
Competent Crew Course - Excellent Instructor - Having done a few courses with the INSS over the summer of 2023, and some sailing on the Mediterranean, doing the Competent Crew course with others who were doing the Day Skipper course at the same time was the highlight of my time learning how to sail. The reason it was the highlight was largely due to the course instructor Shona O'Dowd (I made certain to get her full name before leaving to give her the credit she deserved). Huge knowledge and experience mixed with a great attitude, with friendliness, patience and approachability making Shona stand out and make each day of the course something to look forward to regardless of weather or experience level. Shona guided practical use of all facets of sailing knowledge excellently and never micromanaged or tried to exert too much control, thereby never limiting the learning that can take place for students.

This teaching style is difficult to find, having seen a variety of instructors and their styles, in different countries and even within the INSS, and so you will be very lucky if you get Shona on your boat when it comes your turn to learn the ropes (literally). All in all, the Competent Crew course was very enjoyable, and I just wanted to give credit where it was due.

Maps57686967283
20/08/2023
Hooked! - My 12 year old goes to Saturday sailing club after doing summer camp. He’s hooked and absolutely loves it! The instructors are great and very good with the kids - if you live locally with kids, it’s a no brainier!

Gary C
08/10/2022
Really lovely staff, super friendly. Would highly recommend the kayak and paddle board rentals! Great with a small group or big group.

megancV1820DD
25/06/2020
Great atmosphere - Very friendly staff and great atmosphere. Would definitely recommend for a day out or lessons. Paddle board and kayak rentals are lots of fun.

Seandow103
24/06/2020