MOTOR CRUISING COURSES
OUR MOTOR CRUISING COURSES
All of our Motor Cruising courses take place at Chatham Marina
Our Motor Cruising Course Packages:
START MOTOR CRUISING - 1 Day Course
About This Course:
An ideal introductory course to crewing a motor boat. This is perfect for friends and family giving them vital training in helping them assist the helm.
Course Content:
Personal Safety, Seamanship, Dealing with Emergency Situations, Coming Alongside, Picking Up A Mooring, Boat Handling.
Ability After The Course:
Able to be a useful crew member and assist the helm.
Previous Experience or Knowledge:
N/A
Min. Age:
18Â
Price:
£280
MOTOR CRUISING HELMSMAN - 2 Day Course
About This Course:
This course is ideal for new owners conscious of the difficulty and hazards of boat handling in the marina.
It is useful for crews as well as skippers. Apart from the obvious safety benefits of extra boat handlers on board, it adds interest if everyone can contribute to the trip.
Course Content:
Boat preparation, boat handling, types of craft, engines and drives, engine operation and maintenance, safety and seamanship, rules of the road, securing to a buoy, berthing alongside, man overboard recovery.
Ability After The Course:
Able to handle a motor cruiser of a specific type in sheltered waters.
Previous Experience or Knowledge:
N/A
Min. Age:
18
Price:
£620
MOTOR CRUISING DAY SKIPPER - 4 Day Course
About This Course:
This course can also help you get the best from your modern electronic aids such as GPS and radar, which are now virtually standard equipment on modern motor cruisers.
Before attending the course you should be able to navigate and are well advised to attend the RYA Day Skipper shorebased course to brush up on your skills.
Course Content:
Preparation for sea, boat handling navigation, pilotage, passage planning, meteorology, rules of the road, engines, emergency situations, night cruising.
Ability After The Course:
Able to skipper a motor cruiser in familiar waters by day.
Previous Experience or Knowledge:
2 days practical experience. Navigation to Day Skipper shorebased standard.
Min. Age:
18
Price:
£1450
DAY SKIPPER + HELMSMAN - 5 Day Course
Min Age:Â
18
COASTAL SKIPPER - 5 Day Course
About This Course:
Before taking this course it is virtually essential to have attended the equivalent shorebased course, to ensure that time is not wasted teaching theory on board.
An important aspect of this course is learning to take command and make decisions resulting in relaxed, well-planned passages and a happy crew.
Don’t expect to coast through without making the occasional error – learn your strengths and weaknesses and gain knowledge from your mistakes. By the end of the course you should be ready to build on your experience and maybe work towards a Certificate of Competence.
Course Content:
Passage planning, preparation for sea, pilotage, passage making and ability as a skipper, radar, boat handling, adverse weather conditions, emergency situations.
Ability After The Course:
Skippering techniques for coastal and offshore passages.
Previous Experience or Knowledge:
15 days (2 days as skipper), 300 miles, 8 night hours. Boat handling to Day Skipper standard. Navigation to Coastal Skipper shorebased standard.
Min. Age:
18
Price:
£1800
COMBINED DAY SKIPPER THEORY & PRACTICAL
About This Course:
Before you can take the Day Skipper practical you need to have either a Day Skipper theory certificate or have knowledge to that level. This course allows you to take the theory course and seamlessly move on to take the Practical Course.
Course Content:

The theory course will cover everything as set out in the stand alone theory course syllabus and be conducted in our classroom followed by the Day Skipper Practical course. (If you are new to boating instead of going straight to the Day Skipper Practical you may wish to undertake the Helmsman Course followed by the Day Skipper Practical. The combined Helmsman and Day Skipper course is Five days.)
Ability After the Course:
After successfully completing the course you will be able to confidently go out to make day time passages in local waters.
Min Age:Â
18
Price:
£ On Request
YACHTMASTER PREP - 5 Day
About:
This is not a course, it is an intense preparation for 5 days before the commencement of the Yachtmaster assessment. You will be coached on boat handling and navigation.
Min Age:Â
18
Price:
£1650
COMBINED DAY SKIPPER THEORY & PRACTICAL HELMSMAN
About This Course:
The theory course will cover everything as set out in the stand alone theory course syllabus and be conducted in our classroom followed by the two day Helmsman course.
Course Content:
As per the individual course details simply that they are combined.
Ability After the Course:
The theoretical knowledge to navigate in local waters in daylight and to be able to helm your boat or assist the skipper in making a passage.
Previous Experience or Knowledge:
None
Min Age:Â
18
Price:
£1550
ICC COASTAL - 1 Day Course
About This Course:
ICC: The International Certificate of Competence. The ICC is required in most European countries in coastal waters to show competence.
Min Age:Â
18
Price:
£280 – Own Boat
£580 – School Boat
OWN BOAT TUITION
Valuable coastal tuition on your own vessel.
Min Age:Â
18
Price:
£250 Per Day
TASTER SESSIONS
First4BoatTraining offer three hour taster sessions on either the tidal or non tidal Medway.
Min Age:Â
18
Price:
Tidal £225
Non tidal £180
Provided you have the appropriate size of vessel and Insurance and the vessel is appropriately equipped many of the Practical Courses and the ICC assessments can be conducted on your own boat. The costs will be the cost of the instructor for the course and his reasonably pre agreed expenses. You will be paying for the fuel used during the course and up to three persons can accompany you on your course for no extra charge.
Enquire & Find Out Availability About Our Courses
Enquire & Find Out Availability About Our Courses
Contact
Telephone: 07787 409531
Email: info@first4boattraining.co.uk
Locations: Elmleigh 139, Hollywood Lane, Wainscott Rochester Kent
Chatham Maritime Marina, Kent