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Sailtrain:Training aids for RYA courses.

• Sailtrain: Anchoring and mooring, Anchor preparation and practice.
  • Sailtrain: Anchoring and mooring, Ropes and Ropework.
  • Sailtrain: Anchoring and mooring, Nautical Knots.
  • Sailtrain: Anchoring and mooring, Mooring alongside.
  • Sailtrain: Anchoring and mooring, Mooring to a buoy.
  • Sailtrain: Anchoring and mooring, Pile moorings.
  • Sailtrain: Anchoring and mooring, Choice of an anchorage.
  • Sailtrain: Anchoring and mooring, Lowering the Anchor and digging it in.
  • Sailtrain: Anchoring and mooring, anchor types.
• Sailtrain: Buoyage, Introduction to IALA Buoyage.
  • Sailtrain: Buoyage, Lights.
  • Sailtrain: Buoyage, Lateral Marks.
  • Sailtrain: Buoyage, Cardinal Marks.
  • Sailtrain: Buoyage, Safe Water Marks.
  • Sailtrain: Buoyage, Isolated Danger Marks.
  • Sailtrain: Buoyage, Special Marks.
  • Sailtrain: Buoyage, Beacons and Daymarks.
  • Sailtrain: Buoyage, Lightships.
  • Sailtrain: Buoyage, Leading and Sectored Lights.
  • Sailtrain: Buoyage, New Danger Buoy.
  • Sailtrain: Buoyage, Buoyage.
  • Identification of buoys.
• CEVNI Test - The European Code for Inland Waterways.
  • CEVNI - The European Code for Inland Waterways - Test 1.
• Sailtrain: IRPCS, Colregs, Rules of the Road.
  • Rule 1
    • Rule description
      • Test on Rule 1.
      • Rule 2
        • Rule description
        • Rule 3
          • Rule description
  • Rule 4
    • Rule description
      • Rule 5
        • Rule description
  • Rules 11 and 12
    • Rule description
      • Test on Rule 12.
    • Rule 13
      • Rule description
        • Test on Rule 13.
        • Rule 14
          • Rule description
            • Test on Rule 14.
            • Rule 15
              • Rule description
                • Test on Rule 15.
  • Rule 19
    • Rule description
      • Test on Rule 12.
    • Rule description
      • Rule 6
        • Rule description
          • Test on Part B (Rule 6)
      • Rule 5
        • Rule description
      • Rule 7
        • Rule description
          • Rule 8
            • Rule description
              • Test on Part B (Rule 8)
          • Test on Part B (Rule 7)
  • Rule 20
    • Rule description
      • Test on Rule 20.
  • Rule 32
    • Test on Rule 32.
    • Rule 33
      • Test on Rule 33.
  • Rule 38
    • Rule 22
      • Rule description
        • Test on Rule 22.
  • Annex 1
    • Rule 26
      • Rule description
        • Test on Rule 26.
    • Rule 23
      • Rule description
        • Rule 24
          • Rule 36
            • Rule description
              • Test on Rule 36.
              • Rule 37
                • Test on Rule 37.
          • Rule description
            • Rule 25
              • Rule description
                • Test on Rule 25.
            • Test on Rule 24.
        • Test on Rule 23.
      • Rule 24
        • Rule 36
          • Rule description
            • Test on Rule 36.
            • Rule 37
              • Test on Rule 37.
        • Rule description
          • Rule 25
            • Rule description
              • Test on Rule 25.
          • Test on Rule 24.
    • Rule 21
      • Rule description
        • Test on Rule 21.
    • Rule 27
      • Rule 24
        • Rule 36
          • Rule description
            • Test on Rule 36.
            • Rule 37
              • Test on Rule 37.
        • Rule description
          • Rule 25
            • Rule description
              • Test on Rule 25.
          • Test on Rule 24.
      • Rule description
        • Test on Rule 27.
    • Rule 34
      • Rule 9
        • Rule description
          • Rule 10
            • Rule description
              • Test on Part B (Rule 10)
          • Test on Part B (Rule 9)
      • Rule description
        • Test on Rule 34.
        • Rule 35
          • Rule description
            • Test on Rule 35.
    • Rule 30
      • Rule description
        • Test on Rule 30.
        • Rule 31
          • Test on Rule 31.
    • Rule 28
      • Rule description
        • Test on Rule 28.
        • Rule 29
          • Rule description
            • Test on Rule 29.
    • Sailtrain: IRPCS, Annex I description
  • Annex 2
    • Rule 26
      • Rule description
        • Test on Rule 26.
    • Rule description
  • Annex 3
    • Sailtrain: IRPCS, Annex III description.
  • Sailtrain:IRPCS, Annex IV, Marine Distress Signals.
    • Sailtrain: IRPCS, Colregs, Rules of the Road.
  • Sailtrain:PDF files.
  • Sailtrain:Useful yachting Links.
  • Test on Part A (Rules 1 to 3)
  • Test on Part B (Rules 4 and 5)
  • Test on Section II Rule 11 to 19
  • Test on Rule 19
  • Test on Part C (Rules 20 to 23)
  • Test on day shapes, Rules 24 to 30.
  • Simple lights test
  • Test on lights (Rules 23 to 30)
  • Test on sound and light signals (Rules 32 to 37)
  • Test on Annex II
• Sailtrain: Pilotage, Why do we need pilotage plans?
  • Sailtrain: Pilotage, Why do we need pilotage plans?
  • Sailtrain: Pilotage, Pilot Books.
  • Sailtrain: Pilotage, Leading Lights and Lines.
  • Sailtrain: Pilotage, Transits.
  • Sailtrain: Pilotage, Sectored Lights.
  • Sailtrain:Pilotage, Leading Lines.
  • Sailtrain: Pilotage, Pre_Plotted Fix.
  • Sailtrain: Pilotage, The use of GPS in Pilotage.
  • Sailtrain: Pilotage, Pilotage Plans.
  • Sailtrain: Pilotage, Traffic Lights.
• Sailtrain: Navigation and Chart work,
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Chart makes.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chart work, Chart information.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Chart projections.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Tidal information on charts.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Nautical chart symbols.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chart work, Chart information, tidal levels.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Latitude and Longitude.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork,
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Bearings.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Distance.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Chart Corrections.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Compass Variation.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Compass Deviation.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Instruments for navigation.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Fixes.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, fixes.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Handbearing Compasses.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, A position Line from the Depth of Water.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Rising and Dipping Lights.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Transferred position lines and Running Fixes.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, The use of radar for navigation.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Dead Reckoning and Estimated Positions.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Tides.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chart work, Tidal Streams.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chart work, Chart information, tidal hazards.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chart work, Chart information, tidal heights.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chart work, Chart information, tidal heights when anchoring.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chart work, Chart information, Secondary Port calculations.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chart work, tidal anomalies
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Dead Reckoning and Estimated Positions.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, The Vessel's Log Book.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Speed Over the Ground (SOG).
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Leeway.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork,
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Passage Planning.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Passage Making.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chartwork, Buy Admiralty Leisure Charts.
  • Sailtrain: Navigation and Chart work,
• Sailtrain: GPS, Aid to navigation at sea.
  • Sailtrain: GPS, What is GPS, and how does it work?
  • Sailtrain: GPS, Positions from GPS.
  • Sailtrain: GPS, Limitations in the use of GPS, errors.
  • Sailtrain: GPS, Functions available on GPS receivers.
  • Sailtrain: GPS, Clearing lines and hazard avoidance.
  • Sailtrain: GPS, Quick position plots.
• Sailtrain: Seamanship, Introduction to safety at sea.
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship, Crew Briefings.
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship, The use of dinghies.
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship, Fire extinguishers.
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship, Distress flares used on yachts.
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship, The Use of Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs)
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship: Safety at Sea on small craft, Distress and distress signals.
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship, Liferafts.
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship, Action in fog at sea.
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship, Radar Reflectors.
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship, heavy weather conditions.
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship, Cold survival.
  • Sailtrain: Seamanship, Helicopter Rescues at Sea.
• Sailtrain: Yacht stability, introduction.
  • Sailtrain: Yacht stability: Centers of buoyancy and gravity.
  • Sailtrain: Yacht stability: Righting levers.
  • Sailtrain: Yacht stability:Angle of vanishing stability.
  • Sailtrain: Yacht stability: Factors affecting the angle of vanishing stability.
  • Sailtrain: Yacht stability: Weight distribution.
  • Sailtrain: Yacht stability: Factors affecting the tendency to capsize.
• Sailtrain:Skippers Tips.
  • Know your boat.
  • Check your boat.
  • Auto pilots 2.
  • Rough weather food 2.
  • Reciprocal calculation.
  • Anchoring in confined spaces.
  • MOB search patterns 1.
  • Learn the lessons.
  • Beaufort Force.
  • Power winches.
  • Check lists.
  • Buckets.
  • Cold boxes.
  • MOB search patterns 2.
  • Sailtrain: Skipper's Tips; Use the crew's name.
  • Working out the course to steer 1.
  • Emergency fuel supply
  • Throttle control.
  • Echo sounders.
  • Using the dinghy.
  • Mooring with a chain.
  • Know your engine.
  • Working out the course to steer 2.
  • On a yacht, let people do their jobs!
  • Chart table.
  • Pilotage plan protection.
  • Squeaky lines and fenders.
  • Cleaning the anchor.
  • Be ready to sail.
  • Working out the course to steer 3.
  • Skill development.
  • Person overboard drill.
  • Refuelling at sea.
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  • Heaving too.
  • Know why you do what you do.
  • Working out the course to steer 4.
  • Leadership.
  • Person overboard drill 2.
  • Refuelling.
  • Roller furling genoas.
  • Noises in the heads.
  • Visualisation.
  • Working out the course to steer 5.
  • Man overboard drill.
  • Person overboard drill 3.
  • Conserve gas.
  • Buoys and the tide.
  • Chafing mooring lines.
  • Risk.
  • Anchoring in shallow water.
  • Light sequences.
  • Gas.
  • Quick GPS position plot.
  • Measuring the tidal stream.
  • Pile moorings in yachts.
  • Reversing.
  • Distance from a buoy at niht.
  • Seacocks 1.
  • Gas detectors.
  • Clearing line from a waypoint.
  • Sea fog and overfalls.
  • Sailing off a mooring buoy.
  • Buoys.
  • Learn to heave too.
  • Seacocks 2.
  • Mooring up.
  • Clearing distances from GPS.
  • Heads pipes.
  • Fire afloat.
  • Secure your anchor.
  • Rope leads.
  • Seacocks 3.
  • Bilge Pumps.
  • Position webs.
  • Smelly heads.
  • Sailtrain: Skipper's Tips; Use the crew's name.
  • Casting Off.
  • Picking up a mooring buoy 1.
  • Anchoring.
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  • Guard zones.
  • Action in reducing depths.
  • Sailtrain:Quick Position Plot
  • Describing positions.
  • Picking up a mooring buoy 2.
  • Unlit buoys 1.
  • Night Visons 2.
  • Quick position plot.
  • Narrow channels.
  • Sailtrain: Tight turns in a yacht.
  • Moor up head to wind.
  • Picking up a mooring buoy 3.
  • Unlit buoys 2.
  • Sounds in poor visibility.
  • Roller furling headsails.
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  • Sailtrain:Sleep deprivation.
  • Reefing.
  • Sailtrain:Tips; Use of a center mooring line.
  • Battery management.
  • Winches.
  • Anchoring in swell.
  • Action in fog.
  • Drudging
  • Tight spaces.
  • Auto pilots 1.
  • Rough weather food 1.
  • Casting off.
  • Secure your anchor.
  • Guessing the distance off.
  • Sailtrain: Hoisting the headsail.
• Sailtrain:Instruction,Teaching concepts.
  • Sailtrain:Template
  • Sailtrain:Instruction; The RYA Syllabus.
  • Sailtrain: Instruction; How to Guarantee Being Offered More Work.
  • Sailtrain:Instruction; Teaching Concepts.
  • Sailtrain:Instruction; Teaching Boat Handling.
• Sailtrain:Sources of Weather Forecasts.
• Preserving the environment and reducing pollution at sea.
• Sailtrain: Distance learning or correspondence courses.
• Sailtrain: Profile.
• Sailtrain:Contact

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