Day Skipper Theory Course

RYA Cruising Scheme

Shorebased/Theory Practical

Day Skipper Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Yachtmaster Ocean

Start Yachting Competent Crew Day Skipper Coastal Skipper Yachtmaster

Day Skipper : whats involved ?

Navigation and Chartwork Regulations (IRPCS) Safety Meteorology Passage planning & pilotage Seamanship Passage planning and Pilotage Crew management Sailing Manoeuvring

Day Skipper
Having completed the theory and practical courses, you should be able to

safely skipper a yacht in familiar waters, during daylight hours.

Week 1
Some Nautical Terms Latitude / Longitude The Chart Position, Distance and Direction Buoyage and Visual Aids to Navigation

Nautical Terms and Charts

Nautical Terms
TURNBUCKLE BAGGYWRINKLE GOOSENECK STEM CLEW DOWNHAUL PORT WINCH

SHEET
HALYARD

MIZZEN
LEECH Please ask or refer to your LUFF Day Sipper Handbook p4-10

STARBOARD BINACLE TRANSOM

STANCHION
UPHAUL

Direction
WIND
Fore BOW

Windward

Port Starboard

STERN Aft

Leeward

Latitude (position north/south)

Latitude and Distance

1o = 60 nM
1 = 1 nM
!must be measured on latitude scale adjacent to position!

Latitude and Distance

1o = 60 M (nautical miles)
1 = 1 M = 1.15 Statute M = 1.853 km = 10 cables
!must be measured on latitude scale adjacent to position!

1 cable = 0.1 M = 200yds

Longitude (position east/west)

Latitude and Longitude

Types of Projection

Mercator

Large scale and coastal charts. Good for direction Small scale, polar and planning charts

Gnomonic

Mollweides

School atlas ?

Chart Projections

Distortion greater near the polar region

Light Source

Latitude Scale

frLess distortion near the equator

Longitude

Longitude

Chart Information

RYA Training Chart 3

Chart Corrections

Weekly Notices to Mariners National Hydrographic Office Website Chart Agent Some magazines and club journals

Chart Corrections
Example: Extract from Admiralty Notice to Mariners (2000)
INDEX OF CHARTS AFFECTED

Admiralty Chart Number

RYA Chart 2

Notices
6251

6251 England South Coast Channel Depth Delete depth 6m in position 50o24.8N 04o32.2W Replace with 5m. RYA Chart 2: (9752/98)

Chart Information

Levels , Depths and Heights

Drying Areas

Compass Rose

Chart Information (tidal streams)

Data for determining the movement of tidal streams (direction and speed) for this chart..more next week.

Chart Symbols

Any ideas ? Admiralty Chart 5011 Full listing

Plotting / Finding Position

Latitude : 45 40 . 4 N
Longitude: 005 48 . 1 W
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Position:
4540.40 N 00548.10 W

What features can be found at the following positions:

Plotting Position

45o40.7N 006o13.8W 45o38.0N 006o12.8W

Quaker SWM
Mouse Is. WCM Tidal Diamond M Warsash Rock (ID)

45o49.3N 006o20.4W
45o44.5N 006o12.4W

Extension exercise 2 (p8): Q5a,b,c,d

Symbol Positions

Give Position of:

Pt. Victoria lighthouse

46 27 . 80 N 006 15 . 30 W 46 24 . 80 N 006 11 . 70 W 46 10 . 50N 006 16 . 10W (see chrt)

Chaplin Peak

Tidal Diamond E

Latitude and Distance

1o = 60 M (nautical miles)
1 = 1 M = 1.15 Statute M = 1.853 km = 10 cables
!must be measured on latitude scale adjacent to position!

1 cable = 0.1 M = 200yds

Distance

Seal Island Pentire Lt. Beauty Pt Lt Linards Pt Lt. Whaler Rk Island off Renown Pt.

6.8 miles

3.5 miles

10.5miles

Direction and the Plotter

First Class Sailing

First Class Sailing

First Class Sailing

Direction

Johnson Pt Lt -> Port Rampton (water tower) Whale Bay marina > Holm Point Lt Johnson Pt Lt -> MacArthur LANBY

119(T)

256(T)

351(T)

Laying off a course of 073 (T) from sp2

First Class Sailing

Position by range & bearing

What features are in the following positions?

326(T) from Lawrence RW Lanby. 6.05 miles 015(T) from Colville Pt Lt Ho. 11.3 miles
South Head Light Cape Woodward CG station

Extension exercise 2: Q6 and Q7

Position by range & bearing

What is depth in the following positions?

042(T) from Louisa Rks Lt. 2.7 miles 27m 214(T) from Outer Fraser. 4.1 miles 4.2m 295(T) from Elm Peak Radio Mst . 5.1 miles Drying 0.6m

Extension exercise 2: Q6 and Q7

Buoyage & Lights

Lateral buoyage (Region A)

KEEP TO PORT OR STARBOARD
Port Hand Any R except (2 + 1) Starboard Hand Any G except (2 + 1)

MARKS CAN BE BUOYS OR ON POSTS COLOUR DEFINES PURPOSE

Direction of Buoyage

Stay in the Channel ?

Other Buoyage

Safe Water Iso, Occ, L Fl 10s or Mo(A)

Emergency Wreck Mark Fl Al Bu Y

Special Marks Yellow, rhythm not used for white lights

Preferred Channel to Stbd Fl (2 + 1)R

Preferred Channel to Port Fl (2 + 1)G

Cardinal marks
Continuous Flashing

Safe Water
9 Flashes

DANGER

Safe Water
3 Flashes

2 Flashes

6 Short + 1 Long

Light Characteristics

Objects which carry a light, will have a magenta pling attached to their symbol, along with an abbreviation of how the light is lit.

Lights

Lights

Lights

Lights

Lights

Lights

Lights

Lights

Lights

Lateral Buoyage

Light Characteristics

Fl. R. 2.5s Flashing Red every 2.5 seconds Fl. G. 5s Flashing Green every 5 seconds 2 F.G (vert) Two fixed green lights one above the other Mo (U) Flash morse U (..-) Oc. R. 10s Occulting Red (flashing off) every 10s Iso. WRG. 3s 9m 8M Isophase 1.5s each phase, sectored white red and green, 9 metres high, visible from 8 miles

Write down and describe the lights of the following:

Holm Point Light Red Can Buoy off Johnson Point Pow Head South Head Light Beauty Point Light Christopher Point Light