Barcelona RYA Coastal Skipper

RYA Coastal Skipper and YachtMaster Training Courses in Barcelona and the Costa Brava with from Lagoon Watersports

During your RYA Coastal Skipper course we aim to put miles on the clock with the longer passages from our base in Port Vell.  You will plan and execute coastal passages along the Costa Brava coastline or go south past Taragona.  Students will have the chance to navigate and skipper by both day and night thus ensuring you are a confident skipper when you leave the boat. Skills and drills will also play an important part of the week, practiced until you feel confident about all manoeuvres. The course content includes: 

• Passage Planning

• Preparation For Sea

• Passage Making

• Pilotage 

• Emergency Situations

• Yacht Handling Under Power & Sail

• Adverse Weather

The Course: Our boats are moored in Port Vell, located in the heart of Barcelona. Since 2010 Port Vell has been undergoing huge transformations with significant investment in state-of-the-art infrastructure, that will position the marina as one of the leading superyacht destinations in the world. Central to just about everything, and where this vibrant city meets the sea, Port Vell is the perfect place to start you RYA Coastal Skipper Course. During this course you will be mooring up each night in different Spanish ports. You will either head south to ports such as Sitges and Tarragona or north to the rugged Costa Brava coastline. On this course you will experience fantastic sailing conditions in sunny Spain, with wonderful coastline, ports, harbours and stopovers, not to mention superb apres sailing and cuisine. So come join us and enhance your sailing qualifications with Lagoon Watersports from the beautiful city of Barcelona!

Course Objective: You will be able to skipper a yacht on coastal passages by day and night.

Prerequisite: 15 days at sea (including 2 as skipper) 800 logged miles that include at least 8 night hours