RYA Day Skipper theory provides background knowledge in navigation, safety, and seamanship for Inshore 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, 8 January 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 2. Saturday, 15 January 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 3. Saturday, 22 January 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 4. Saturday, 29 January 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 5. Saturday, 5 February 2023, 09:00 – 17:30

Course delivery is flexible. If a participant misses a classroom session, we can arrange additional classroom or online meetings to fill in the gaps. A growing number of online course services make distance learning more effective. We have been developing these during the pandemic. The aim is to create a theory 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: 390 €. 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. Max number of students usually is eight. Language: Exams and courses are in English. Classroom address: Heikkiläntie 7, 00210 Helsinki.

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

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

Duration: 40 hours and three assessments.

Course dates:

Day 1: Sunday, 19 February 2023 , 9:00-17:30
Day 2: Sunday, 5 March 2023, 09:00-17:30.
Day 3, Sunday, 19 March 2023, 09:00-17:30.
Day 4. Sunday, 2 April 2023, 09:00-17:30.
Evening 1: Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 17:00-21:00.
Day 5: Sunday, 16 April 2023, 09:00-17:30.

Course delivery is flexible. If a participant misses a classroom session, we can arrange additional classroom or online meetings to fill in the gaps. A growing number of online course services make distance learning more effective. We have been developing these during the pandemic. The aim is to create a theory 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: 410 €; 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

Other info. Name of the RYA Recognised Training Centre: Helsinki Yachting. Max number of students usually is eight. Language: Exams and courses are in English. Classroom address: Heikkiläntie 7, 00210 Helsinki.

Celestial Navigation is experiencing a renaissance among cruising sailors, navigation enthusiasts, and the yachting industry. Celestial Navigation has many virtues: exciting topic as such (tradition, method, sky, space), no electricity needed, independent source of a position fix, and 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

Duration: 24 hours

Course dates:

Day 1. Sunday, 26 February 2023. 09:00-17:30.
Day 2. Sunday, 12 March 2023. 09:00-17:30
Day 3. Sunday, 26 March 2023. 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.

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 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, 4 March 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 2. Saturday, 11 March 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 3. Saturday, 18 March 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 4. Saturday, 25 March 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 5. Saturday, 1 April 2023, 09:00 – 17:30

Course delivery is flexible. If a participant misses a classroom session, we can arrange additional classroom or online meetings to fill in the gaps. A growing number of online course services make distance learning more effective. We have been developing these during the pandemic. The aim is to create a theory 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: 390 €. 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. Max number of students usually is eight. Language: Exams and courses are in English. Classroom address: Heikkiläntie 7, 00210 Helsinki.

Principles of VHF Radio system, operating VHF Radio, voice and DSC calls, preparing to take the SRC exam in Finland.
Course date: Saturday, 22 April 2023, 09:00 – 17:00.
Price: 115 € (does not include Traficom exam and certification fees)
Location: Lauttasaari/Helsinki classroom.

RYA Day Skipper theory provides background knowledge in navigation, safety, and seamanship for inshore-level practical courses such as Inshore Skipper (based on a Finnish system) or RYA Day Skipper.

Additionally, the course addresses navigational, safety, and regulatory aspects for boaters enjoying Finland’s Baltic Sea archipelago and lakes.

Duration: 40 hours and two assessments.

Course dates:

Day 1. Saturday, 21 October 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 2. Saturday, 28 October 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 3. Saturday, 11 November 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 4. Saturday, 18 November 2023, 09:00 – 17:30
Day 5. Saturday, 2 December 2023, 09:00 – 17:30

A growing number of online course services make distance learning more effective. The course benefits from interactive physical classroom learning and online resources for communication, sharing materials, and working with assignments. Course delivery is flexible. If a participant misses a classroom session, we can arrange additional classroom or online meetings to fill in the gaps.

Price: 390 €. It includes all paper and online materials except personal plotting tools.

Materials include 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 a 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. Small classes: The maximum number of students is eight. Language: Exams and courses are in English. Classroom Address: Heikkiläntie 7, 00210 Helsinki.

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

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

Duration: 40 hours and three assessments.

Course dates:

Day 1: Sunday, 3 December 2023, 9:00-17:30
Day 2: Saturday, 16 December 2023, 09:00-17:30.
Day 3, Two optional dates due to the holiday season: Saturday, 30 December 2023 AND Sunday, 7 January 2024;  the schedule on both dates is 09:00-17:30
Day 4. Saturday, 13 January 2024, 09:00-17:30.
Evening 1: Tuesday, 16 January 2024, 17:00-21:00.
Day 5: Saturday, 27 January 2024, 09:00-17:30.

A growing number of online course services make distance learning more effective. The course benefits from interactive physical classroom learning and online resources for communication, sharing materials, and working with assignments. Course delivery is flexible. If a participant misses a classroom session, we can arrange additional classroom or online meetings to fill in the gaps.

Price: 410 €; includes all paper and online materials except personal plotting tools.

Materials include 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 a 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. Small classes: The maximum number of students is eight. Language: Exams and courses are in English. Classroom address: Heikkiläntie 7, 00210 Helsinki.

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