Day Skipper Revision:

• Revision material for all elements of Day Skipper Theory.
• No testing or assessment is completed here.

Chart basics:

• How to use the chart and check chart datum.
• Checking and making chart corrections.

Compass variation and deviation:

• Variation and deviation explained using animated drawings and sketches.
• Solving problems of healing error and dip.

All about tides:

• Tidal terminology.
• Using tide tables advanced.
• Using and working out secondary port information.

Collision regulations:

• Lights, shapes and sound signals.
• Rules of the road.

Time zones:

• Using and applying time zones.
• Tidal stream and the tidal stream atlas.
• Working with tidal diamonds.
• Using the computations of rates graph.

Position fixing:

• Dead reckoning and working up an estimated position taking into account tides and leeway.
• Techniques for visual fixing.

Course to steer :

• Plotting a compass course to steer taking into account tides, leeway, time zones and computation of rates.

Electronic aids to navigation:

• Including the free Navathome radar simulator, use of GPS, chart navigation systems, AIS and much more.

Passage planning:

• Planning routes, routines and watch systems.
• Execution and monitoring a passage.

Visual aids to navigation:

• Buoyage and lights.
• Leading lines and lights.
• Distance off by rising and dipping.

Safety at Sea:

• Essential safety practices and equipment onboard.
• Handling life rafts, life jackets, and flares.
• Mayday calls and communication during emergency situations.

Meteorology and forecasting:

• Including using synoptic charts
• Weather patterns.
• Convergence and divergence.
• Advection and radiation fog.