Irish National Sailing School
Coastal Navigation for Small Boats
The Coastal Navigation for Small Boats course is a short theory course that is ideal for powerboaters. The course is certified by Irish Sailing 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-requisites for the Irish Sailing Intermediate Powerboat Certificate and Irish Sailing Advanced Powerboat Certificate.
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 fee of €190 includes all provided course materials.
Our cancellation policy for this course can be viewed here.
Course Dates 2025
Courses run on dates and times indicated below.
- Course 1: Saturday 18th and Saturday 19th January (9.30am-5pm each day)
- Course 2: Tuesday 4th, Thursday 6th, Tuesday 11th and Thursday 13th March (6.30pm-9.30pm each evening)
- Course 3: Tuesday 13th, Wednesday 14th, Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st May (6.30pm-9.30pm each evening)
- Course 4: Tuesday 20th, Thursday 21st, Tuesday 27th and Thursday 28th August (6pm-9pm each evening)
- Course 5: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October (9.30am-5pm each day)
