RYA Essential Navigation Online Course in English

Begin your next sea journey while you are still ashore with the RYA Essential Navigation online course in English. Learn to prepare a passage plan and build the English yachting vocabulary you need for sailing in international waters. This theory course combines modern learning methods with the use of navigation tools.

For novice skippers building a stronger foundation

The course is aimed at novice skippers who want to consolidate their navigation knowledge and expand it with English maritime terminology. It helps you connect the practical thinking behind passage planning with the language used in important yachting and navigation information.

This is a distance-learning theory course. You can study the fundamentals of navigation at home or from another convenient location anywhere in the world.

Topics covered

The programme explores core aspects of seamanship and navigation, including:

• The parts and layout of a yacht and the relevant terminology.
• Planning a sailing route on a nautical chart.
• Fixing a vessel's position using two or more bearings.
• International regulations for preventing collisions at sea.
• Distress signals used on board.
• Other fundamental navigation topics.

Interactive learning with a full year of access

After reserving, you receive one year's access to an English-language online platform covering essential navigation theory. This allows you to organise your studies at times that suit you, rather than following a daily classroom timetable.

The course is interactive and taught entirely in English. Numerous videos and visual explanations make the material easier to absorb. To study at home or from elsewhere in the world, you need a computer and an internet connection.

Study materials delivered by courier

Before the course begins, you will also receive a physical study pack. It contains a textbook, nautical charts and navigation instruments to complement your work on the online platform.

The pack is sent by courier. Delivery charges are your responsibility and are not included. Contact the team using the supplied telephone number to confirm the delivery address, the recipient's name and their telephone number.

What is included

• One year's access for one participant to the English-language online platform covering essential navigation theory.
• A study pack containing a textbook, nautical charts and navigation instruments.

Entry requirements and receiving your access details

The minimum age is 18. You need a good command of English because the entire course is delivered in English.

Your course access details will be sent by email. Check your spam folder as well so that you do not miss this important information.

Service schedule and provider conditions

The listed service period is 6 January to 23 December, every day of the week, between 10:00 and 18:00. These are the stated hours for arranging the service; your independent study on the platform can take place whenever suits you during your year of access. The listed advance request period is at least 24 hours.

The provider states that cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the agreed time. The source offer lists voucher validity until 18 October 2027. These conditions describe the provider's offer and do not automatically apply as Adventico voucher terms.

A gift for the next sailing adventure

Choose an Adventico voucher for someone interested in yachts and marine navigation, or take this step for yourself. Buying a voucher does not immediately confirm a start date or activate course access; the reservation, access arrangements and delivery of the study pack are organised separately.