British Offshore Sailing School - Day Skipper Sailing Course Programme

SUNDAY	Evening - Arrive at Hamble - Check in at School reception. Meet Instructor and move onto yacht - settle in. Instructors safety briefing and yacht familiarisation talk - explain where everything is. Go ashore for a drink and meal.

MONDAY	Weather forecast, breakfast, showers, clean up. On deck - Introduction to ropes and rigging, preparation of the yacht for sea. Engine start controls, sea cocks and bilge pumps. Practice manoeuvring under power. Coming alongside pontoons, the use of warps and fenders. Lunch on board at anchor or tied to a mooring buoy. Weather forecast. Manoeuvring under sail, reefing and headsail changes Man overboard , the correct response as the skipper. 19:00 Enter Solent harbour. Stow sails and tidy up on deck. Discuss the days events. 20:00 Supper

TUESDAY	Weather Forecast, clean up and prepare for sea. Tide tables, the tidal stream atlas. Pilotage techniques. Practice pile moorings or mooring buoys. Set off on short passage Lunch Weather forecast Sail off to anchorage - steering a compass course Whilst at anchor cover rules of road, buoyage and position fixing 18:3 Supper 20:00 Depart on night sail (weather permitting)

WEDNESDAY	08:00 Breakfast. Passage planning Depart to sail on passage. During the day : points of sail, passage making decisions, Discussion of emergency situations. Dinghy drills. Meteorology. 20:00 Supper (spare evening for night sail)

THURSDAY	By 08:30 Weather Forecast, breakfast, clean yacht and prepare for sea. 09:00 Pontoon moorings, further practice. Depart to practice entry to as many ports as possible, more points of sailing practice. 19.00 Arrive at a port for evening.

FRIDAY	By 08:30 Weather forecast, breakfast, and preparation for sea. 0Sailing in the Solent - practice all aspects 15:00 Return to Hamble Point. Clean up yacht, return oilskins etc. 16:00 Finish course, debrief, sign logbooks, depart