Sailing Essentials is our free introductory course. Its bite-sized modules cover seamanship and nautical terminology, safety equipment and procedures, basic meteorology, collision regulations and protecting the marine environment.

The material introduces subjects that also form part of the RYA Day Skipper Theory syllabus. You can work through it at your own pace on a phone, tablet or computer, although a larger screen is helpful when studying detailed material.

If you later enrol on our Day Skipper Theory course, your completed Sailing Essentials sessions are carried into your Day Skipper progress, so you do not need to repeat them.