We are currently running a series of RYA Day Skipper Shorebased classes for members of Blithfield Sailing Club but will back with our normal programme in Jan 2024. These will be held on Saturday’s at Stanley Head Outdoor Education Centre, Tompkin Road, Stanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 9LY and run for 8 weeks. Full timetable, dates, and times will be posted later
The cost will be £310 and includes a course pack (Training Charts, RYA Shorebased Handbook, Training Exercises), Training Almanac (Day Skipper only), Course Notes, tuition, exam fees, and certificate.
You can book your place using our contact page here, email info@stmss.co.uk or call 07802 208090 to talk through your requirements with the Staff so we can see what RYA training is best for you.
If you would like to start your theory training before then we do offer a discount of £30 to those students who take the RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship Course (online) with us.
Useful Tip: If you do this short introductory course first, you get a free plotter and dividers with the RYA course pack. The RYA Day Skipper course pack doesn’t include these tools so you have to buy them yourself separately.
You don’t have to do Essential Navigation & Seamanship before Day Skipper; it’s just a useful option. Many people find it helpful to get to grips with some of the basics right now. You can get more information and watch a short video about the course here.