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.
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 — not a planning worksheet or a crew handout. Write it after you’ve…
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.
