RYA Day Skipper theory provides background knowledge in navigation, safety, and seamanship for Inshore Skipper or Day Skipper practical course students. Additionally, the course addresses the navigational and safety challenges of the Finnish waters.

Duration: 40 hours and two assessments.

Course dates:

Day 1. Saturday, 7 February 2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 2. Saturday, 14 February 2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 3. Saturday, 21 February 2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 4. Sunday, 28 February 2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 5. Saturday, 14 March 2026, 09:00 – 17:30

Course delivery is flexible. If a participant misses a classroom session, we can arrange additional classroom or online meetings. Online course services make distance learning more effective. The aim is to create a theory course that benefits from interactive physical classroom learning and online learning features for communication, resource sharing, and assignment delivery. Physical and online classrooms complement each other.

Price: 395 €. It includes all paper and online materials except personal plotting tools.

Materials: Two RYA practice charts, RYA Exercises and course information booklet, RYA Day Skipper Shorebased Notes book, RYA Training Almanac, online material (lesson sets, exercise workings, other resources), assessment papers, and certificate of satisfactory completion. The students are assumed to bring their chartwork tools, including pencil, rubber, dividers, plotter, and notebook.

Location: Lauttasaari Classroom

Other info. Name of the RYA Recognised Training Centre: Helsinki Yachting. The maximum number of students is (usually) eight. Language: Course and assessments are in English. Classroom Address: Heikkiläntie 2, 00210 Helsinki.

 

RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore theory provides background knowledge in navigation, safety, and seamanship for the Coastal Skipper practical course.

The course also provides a theoretical basis for those who plan to take the practical examination required to get the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal or RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence.

Duration: 40 hours and three assessments.

Course dates:

Day 1: Sunday, 22 February 2026, 9:00-17:30.
Day 2: Sunday, 1 March 2026, 09:00-17:30.
Day 3, Sunday, 15 March 2026, 09:00-17:30.
Evening 1. Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 17:00-21:00.
Evening 2: Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 17:00-21:00.
Evening 3: Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 17:00-21:00.
Day 5: Saturday, 11 April 2026, 09:00-17:30.

Course delivery is flexible. If a participant misses a classroom session, we can arrange additional classroom or online meetings. Online course services make distance learning more effective. The aim is to create a theory course that benefits from interactive physical classroom learning and online learning features for communication, resource sharing, and assignment delivery. Physical and online classrooms complement each other.

Price: 415 €; includes all paper and online materials except personal plotting tools.

Materials: Two RYA practice charts, RYA Exercises and course information booklet, RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Notes book, RYA Training Almanac, RYA Weather booklet, online material (lesson sets, exercise workings, other resources), assessment papers, and certificate of satisfactory completion. The students are assumed to bring their chartwork tools, including pencil, rubber, dividers, plotter, and notebook.

Location: Lauttasaari Classroom

This advanced course in navigation, safety, and meteorology is for candidates preparing for the Coastal Skipper course and the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal or Offshore exams. Before starting the course, the assumed level of knowledge is the Day Skipper theory course (or equivalent).

If the participant plans to apply for the ICC (International Certificate of Competence) in Finland through Traficom, a separate coastal-level ICC theory test will be required. The RYA Coastal Skipper theory course provides the knowledge needed to pass the exam. The ICC theory exam and certificate fee is 30 €.

Other info. Name of the RYA Recognised Training Centre: Helsinki Yachting. The maximum number of students is usually eight. Language: Course and assessments are in English. Classroom address: Heikkiläntie 2, 00210 Helsinki.

Celestial Navigation is experiencing a renaissance among ocean sailors and navigation enthusiasts. Celestial navigation has many virtues: (1) It is a well-tested traditional method, (2) no electricity is needed (except a digital watch), (3) it provides an independent source of a position fix, and (4) it provides routines during long passages.

The goals of the course are:

• to provide minimal but covering background theory
• to keep the work process as simple as possible
• to select methods practiced by international mainstream
• to give an introduction to related topics in ocean sailing: passage planning and communication

Duration: 24 hours in the classroom + homework

Course dates:

Day 1. Sunday, 22 March 2026. 09:00-17:30.
Evening 1. Tuesday, 7 April 2026, 17:00-21:00.
Evening 2. Tuesday, 14 April 2026, 17:00-21:00.
Day 3. Saturday, 25 April 2025. 09:00-17:30

Course topics include the following: Introduction to the course, celestial navigation essentials, position fixing and plotting sheet, sextant, concepts related to time, sun sight, sun meridian passage, sun-run-sun, planet sight, star sight, selected stars fix, latitude by Polaris, moon sight, checking for deviation, and an introduction to ocean passage planning and communication.

Materials include everything needed to work out celestial position fix: lesson slides, nautical almanac, sight reduction tables, working sheets, plotting sheets.

In addition to physical classroom sessions, the celestial navigation course uses online services to make distance learning more effective. The aim is to create a celestial navigation course that benefits from interactive physical classroom learning and online learning functionalities for communication, sharing resources, and giving assignments. Physical and online classrooms complement each other.

Price: 250 €. It includes all materials, lessons, exercises, and course completion certificate. After the course, all core materials remain for the student’s later use at sea.

Location: Lauttasaari Classroom.

RYA Day Skipper theory provides background knowledge in navigation, safety, and seamanship for Inshore Skipper or Day Skipper practical course students. Additionally, the course addresses the navigational and safety challenges of the Finnish waters.

Duration: 40 hours and two assessments.

Course dates:

Day 1. Sunday, 12 April 2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 2. Sunday, 19 April  2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 3. Sunday, 26 April  2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 4. Sunday, 3 May 2026, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 5. Sunday, 17 May 2026, 09:00 – 17:30

Course delivery is flexible. If a participant misses a classroom session, we can arrange additional classroom or online meetings. Online course services make distance learning more effective. The aim is to create a theory course that benefits from interactive physical classroom learning and online learning features for communication, resource sharing, and assignment delivery. Physical and online classrooms complement each other.

Price: 395 €. It includes all paper and online materials except personal plotting tools.

Materials: Two RYA practice charts, RYA Exercises and course information booklet, RYA Day Skipper Shorebased Notes book, RYA Training Almanac, online material (lesson sets, exercise workings, other resources), assessment papers, and certificate of satisfactory completion. The students are assumed to bring their chartwork tools, including pencil, rubber, dividers, plotter, and notebook.

Location: Lauttasaari Classroom

Other info. Name of the RYA Recognised Training Centre: Helsinki Yachting. The maximum number of students is (usually) eight. Language: Course and assessments are in English. Classroom Address: Heikkiläntie 2, 00210 Helsinki.