Course Includes

  • Onboard Accommodation
  • All meals and drinks onboard
  • Study Aids
  • Tuition
  • RYA Syllabus & Logbook
  • RYA Competent Crew skills handbook

During the Competent Crew course, you will spend five days aboard a yacht, visiting the harbours and anchorages of the IJsselmeer and Waddenzee.

If the weather permits, you will also complete a longer coastal passage.

You will learn the fundamentals of crewing, such as knots, nautical terms, sail handling and helming, as well as how to live on a cruising yacht.

With a maximum of five students per course, your fully qualified skippers will provide plenty of individual attention.

Safety is a priority in all our courses. You will learn how and when to use flares, life-jackets, safety harnesses, life rafts, how to assist in the recovery of a man overboard, and participate in at least one night sailing.

At the end of the five days, you will have become a competent and confident member of the crew and be awarded an RYA Competent Crew certificate.

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Choose Type of Date

Midweek Course - 5 days €1.125,00

Set over 1 Monday to Friday (1 date needed)

Weekend Course - 6 days €1.350,00

Set over 3 weekends (3 dates needed)

Amount of People

Course Content

  • The yacht
  • Ropework
  • Underway
  • Rules of the Road
  • Manoverboard Recovery
  • Clothing and Equipment
  • Emergency Equipment and Precautions
  • Meteorology

Ability After Course

  • The student will have gained a fundamental understanding of sailing
  • Recognising the purpose of each rope
  • Practising boat steering
  • Participating in the operation of the boat
  • They will have increased their confidence on the water and acquired valuable experience in developing new skills

Assumed Knowledge

None