Getting In and Out of Harbour

Downloads related to the Pilotage and Harbour Entry module of the RYA Day Skipper theory course.

This section focuses on safely entering and leaving harbours using visual pilotage techniques, buoyage systems, and tidal awareness. These resources support your understanding of navigation marks, lights, transits, and the practical decisions skippers must make when close to land and in confined waters.

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Creating a Cockpit-ready Pilotage Plan

This crib sheet helps you turn your appraisal into a cockpit-ready pilotage plan. It’s an execution aid for the skipper/navigator to run the pilotage and give crisp, one-breath instructions to the helm...More Details
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Cockpit Pilotage Plan

This example plan, specifically designed for executing pilotage in the cockpit, supports the Planning Pilotage session in the module Getting In and Out of Harbour of our Day Skipper Theory course. ...More Details
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Pilotage Notes

Notes captured whilst planning pilotage from the anchorage in Martyns Bay to Port Fraser. These are created during the Planning Pilotage session in the Day Skipper Theory Course's Getting in and Out of...More Details