TY Irish Coastal Navigation For Small Boats Course with Irish Offshore Sailing

This course is designed to prepare students for the Pre Entry assessment for becoming a dinghy instructor with Irish Sailing. It is a 2 days course. Sunday is a full day, Monday is a shorter day

Dates available:

Sun/Mon  16th & 17th Nov / Times:  0930 –1600 & 0930 – 1400
Sun/Mon  8th & 9th Feb / Times:  0930 –1600 & 0930 – 1400
Sun/Mon  8th & 9th Mar / Times: 0930 –1600 & 0930 – 1400

2 days €210 + Stripe Fees

This is a 12 hour course, which is designed primarily for coastal navigation onboard very small yachts, keelboats and ribs. Certificates are issued immediately after the course, which ends in a short examination. The certs are issued by Irish Sailing and are valid for life. 

The course takes place in the JB Room of the National Yacht Club, and your instructor is Rónán Ó Siochrú. Call  00 353 85 7217835 for access to the building, or for any problems on the day of the course, otherwise all queries to info@irishoffshoresailing.com

The course includes the chart packs and exercise books, but the course fee does not include navigation instruments needed to undertake the exercises. A portland plotter and dividers is needed, These can be bought online or at Viking Marine, or perhaps you can borrow a set. They can be purchased on the day of the course for €35 in cash from the instructor. 

Soft pencils, a notepad, and a white eraser are also essential for this course. The aim of this course is to cover the following areas, which are needed as part of a pre-entry into an advanced powerboat course, and is more or less essential of dinghy sailing instructors. 

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