Shorebased Courses:
Day Skipper | Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster | Yachtmaster Ocean | Radar | Radio | First Aid | Diesel Engine | Cevni | ISAF | Sea Survival | Boat Electrics | Yacht and Boat Systems | Yacht Rigs and Rigging Course | Yacht Sail Design and Maintenance Course | Navigational Instrument Course

We offer a full range of Shorebased Courses which you can either do as intensive weekday courses, or over two weekends. Our Radar course, Diesel Engine, GMDSS, and First Aid courses are all one days, and we try and operate these over the weekends for your convenience.
Please see our course calendar for more information, and our price list. If there is a particular course which you would like to do and is not listed at a time to suit you, please call us, we may be able to accommodate the course at another time, this is particularly possible if there is more than one of you wanting to take the course - but even if it is only for you, just ask!

Courses-listed below...

Why choose Dart Harbour Sea School, we offer all our customers 5 star service and low student-instructor ratios. Course books are posted out on booking and included in the price, certificates are given promptly.

Basic Safety and Navigation.

Duration: 2 days (available over the weekends)

Includes: Good grounding and introduction to navigation.

Open to: All

Cost: £185

Course Dates

Please call .

Day Skipper
Duration: 5 days (can be taken as an intensive course, or over weekends, see our course calendar).
Includes: basic seamanship and introduction to navigation and meteorology
Open to: preferably people with some practical experience

Cost: £385, for the 5 days to include course books. (no hidden extra costs-only getting to us!)

Course Dates 2009

7th + 8th + 9th August then the 15th + 16th August

7th September

12th October

2nd November

Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster theory

Duration 5 days (can be taken as an intensive course, or over weekends, see our course calendar).
Includes: offshore and coastal navigation, pilotage and meteorology.
Open to: people with navigation to day skipper shorebased standard.

Cost: £385, for the 5 days to include course books. (no hidden extra costs-only getting to us!)

5 days 2009

7th September

12th October

2nd November

Yachtmaster Ocean

Duration 5 days (can be taken as an intensive course, or over weekends, see our course calendar).
Includes: astro-navigation, ocean meteorology and passage planning.
Open to: people with navigation to coastal skipper and yachtmaster offshore shorebased standard.

Cost: £385, for the 5 days to include course books. (no hidden extra costs-only getting to us!)

Please call for dates.

Radar
Duration: 1 day
Includes: basic understanding of radar use in small boats as an aid to navigation and for collision avoidance.
Open to: all

Cost: £90, for the 1 day to include course books. (no hidden extra costs-only getting to us!)

Course Dates 2009

Please call for dates

GMDSS-Radio Course
Duration: 1 day
Includes: use of VHF radio and GMDSS equipment, learn how to send distress signals, successful completion of this course gives the over 16’s their licence.
Open to: all

Cost: £90, for the 1 day to include course books. (no hidden extra costs-only getting to us!)

Course Dates for 2009

27th June

25th July

15th August

19th September

17th October

2nd November

First Aid
Duration: 1 day
Includes: covers a range of situations, which could happen at sea, and how to cope with them/treat them until help arrives.
Open to: all

Cost: £90, for the 1 day to include course books. (no hidden extra costs-only getting to us!)

Course Dates For 2009

25th July

15th August

19th September

17th October

2nd November

Diesel Engine
Duration: 1 day
Includes: Principles, fuel system, cooling systems, fault finding, spares, tools, winterising
Open to: all

Cost: £90, for the 1 day to include course books. (no hidden extra costs-only getting to us!)

Course Dates 2009

Please call for dates.

Cevni

This can be taken at any time whilst on another course,  or as a stand alone test, at a cost of £30.

ISAF-OFFSHORE PERSONAL SURVIVAL TRAINING

Duration: 2 Days

More in depth survival training which includes, wet drill survival, fire fighting, setting off flares, CPR.

This course is essential for all who are considering offshore passages.

This course is needed for some of the crew on Offshore Race events eg the Fastnet etc.

It is a very difficult course to find instructors for, hence the reason why we don't run them that often.

Cost: £200, for the 2 days to include course books. (no hidden extra costs-only getting to us!)

Course Dates 2009

5th/6th September

Sea Survival

Duration: 1 day

Includes: Wet training procedures as well theory of survival.

Cost: £100, for the 1 day to include course books. (no hidden extra costs-only getting to us!)

Course Dates 2009

5th September

Courses on demand below:

Boat Electrics

Yacht and Boat Systems

Yacht Rigs and Rigging Course

Yacht Sail, Design and Maintenance Course

Navigational Instrument course

If you are looking for accommodation whilst attending a course in Dartmouth, please contact our sister company Orleans Guesthouse.

www.orleans-guesthouse-dartmouth.co.uk