Welcome to the Skysail website. I teach RYA Shorebased Courses in Radar, Essential Navigation, Day Skipper, and Yachtmaster on dates convenient to you. For groups I can travel to your club or boat.

Click on a subject in the left hand menu for masses of useful free information and lecture notes on sailing, chartwork, weather, safety, collision regulations and seamanship.  Contact me for more information on courses, or just to book a day or two for revision before an RYA Practical Course.
RYA Assessments on line - Yachtmaster and Day Skipper level - Weather Test    IRPCS Colregs Test

Take a look at my range of Colour Laminated Skills Charts, which summarise all the essential RYA course content. Used by RYA Training Centres, VHF centres, British Sub Aqua Club centres and Dive Boats, Australian Coastguard, and RNLI crews - and thousands of boat owners, commercial and private.  Great for learning, revision for RYA and BSAC assessments, and training and reference on your boat.

VHF, Day Skipper, Chartwork, Weather,  Collision Regs,  Distress & Code Signals,  GPS, Radar, CEVNI

"I received the Skills Charts and CDROM.  The charts are fantastic.....Great information and layout, very clear."

We have many Handouts, and comprehensive presentations on many topics including Radar and Weather at Sea.

Very good teaching videos here  Westview Sailing  Tidal streams and heights, Sec ports, Leeway, Course to Steer, Est Position, Compass Variation etc

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Last update 12 February 2012     Visits since 1st February 2012
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International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, Weather at Sea

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