Passage Planning and Making

Downloads for the Passage Planning module of your RYA Day Skipper course.

This collection includes templates, checklists, and route planning tools to help you prepare safe and efficient passages. Designed to support your course learning, these downloads bring planning principles to life in practical, real-world scenarios.

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Passage Plan Template

Take the guesswork out of voyage preparation with our Passage Planning Template! Designed to keep your journeys smooth and stress-free, this customisable template helps you organise every trip detail—from...More Details
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Inshore Waters Forecast - Dumbarton to Farlow

Fictional inshore waters forecast for the sea area Dunbarton to Farlow (an RYA training area in the Northern Hemisphere). This forecast is used in the Should we do this? session in the Passage...More Details
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Adjustments for Variation

This handy mnemonic helps us remember which way to apply adjustments for bearings. Magnetic (compass) to True, True to Compass, Easterly Variation or Westerly Variation. CADET (Compass Add East for...More Details
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How to plot a Course to Steer

This step-by-step guide shows how to plot a preemptive Course to Steer. The Day Skipper Theory course's Passage Planning & Making module teaches this chart plotting process. ...More Details
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Chart Annotations

This handy reference sheet sets out the standard symbols, abbreviations, and notations used in chart plotting—perfect for students, new skippers, or anyone brushing up their nav skills. From course...More Details
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