Shorebased theory — learn & test

Knowledge

The theory a Day Skipper is expected to carry: navigation, tides, the rules, weather and safety. Read it, work the examples, test yourself.

1 Charts & chartwork 2 Position fixing 3 Course to steer 4 Tides 5 Buoyage 6 Lights, shapes & signals 7 Rule of the Road 8 Pilotage 9 Passage planning 10 Meteorology 11 Safety 12 Seamanship & the boat