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THEORY COURSES
"The learning process is simply progressing from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty"
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RYA DAY SKIPPER COURSE is an introduction to chart work, navigation, meteorology and seamanship. You will learn how to figure out tidal heights and streams and how they affect your course. On the RYA Day Skipper Theory you will also learn the collision rules on how to identify the give way vessel and how to use dead reckoning and estimated position for accurate navigation. The first time you navigate successfully to a destination will give you a fantastic sense of achievement. Before attending the RYA Day Skipper Theory course it is essential that you have had some previous sailing experience.
RYA YACHTMASTER This course develops on from the navigation and other theory knowledge acquired on the Day Skipper Course. It is intended for cruising yachtsmen, motor boaters, and power boaters, who are looking to undertake more complex passages, perhaps offshore, at night, or crossing the Channel. It is a demanding theory course covering advanced navigation techniques such as – Position Fixing, Course to Steer, Passage Planning, Pilotage, Meteorology, IRPCS, Stability and Buoyage. By the end of the course the successful student will have a comprehensive knowledge of what is required to navigate to Yachtmaster standard, and will have passed 3 exams on chart work, meteorology, and IRPCS. It is highly recommended that you revise the collision regulations before attending the course, and have acquired the Day Skipper knowledge beforehand, to ensure successful completion.
RYA OCEAN YACHTMASTER is the final theory course in the syllabus. It is also the signature course offered by Stokey whose eminent students include Emma Richards, Ellen MacArthur, Barbara Harmer (the only female Concorde captain), Phillipe Kahn and John Howard Davies. This course is usually presented and taught in Ventnor/Shanklin on the Isle of Wight but can also be run worldwide. Teaching can be offered on a group or one-to-one basis.The RYA Ocean Yachtmaster theory certificate will be given to successful candidates upon completion.
OCEAN ROWERS
Since the early days of Tom Mclean and the late rower Peter Bird, Stokey has been closely linked to the world of ocean rowing. We have worked with many individual rowers and teams over the years and still do so. Our clients to date have included the likes of Tommy Tippets, Leven Brown, Matt Craighwell and the teams of Sarah G, La Mondial, Team Hallen and Artemis Investments. During the last three years I.O.S has weather routed the 5 fastest crossings of the Atlantic, with both the East and West records still standing an achievement we are justly proud of. We have become close friends with many of these great rowing characters and because of this special bond we have now decided to set up a new consultancy service to help others in their quest to row an ocean.
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