Learn with a full range of boating education packages for local adventurers, coastal and blue water skippers and 21st-century navigators. Start learning today!
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Become a competent crew member
Crew Course
No previous experience necessary!
No previous experience necessary!
Understand not just what to do but why, making every boating adventure safer and more enjoyable.
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Core Boating Skills
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Safety and Emergency Preparedness
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Marine Communication
$449 (AUD)
“The course content is really informative, the information is well organised, and the online setup is easy to use.”
- Angela Turrell
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Core skills for safe and fun boating
Local Adventurer
No previous experience necessary!
No previous experience necessary!
$470 (AUD)
"This course gives you the confidence to plan and navigate the waters safely."
- Kirstie Rowe
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Essential skills for confident navigation
RYA Day Skipper Shorebased and RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship Online Courses
No previous experience necessary!
No previous experience necessary!
$795 (AUD)
"I was very impressed with the content and ease of delivery."
- David Dixon
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A modern learning approach for sailing
Complete Skipper Course
For Sailors
For Sailors
A structured pathway to becoming a confident and proficient in all aspects of boating.
$895 for 1 person, or $1495 for 2 people. (AUD)
"The online modules and theory work were super helpful, engaging and easy to navigate."
- Miranda Brown
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A modern learning approach for powerboating
Complete Skipper Course
For Motor Cruising
For Motor Cruising
A structured pathway to becoming a confident and proficient skipper of a motor cruiser.
$895 for 1 person, or $1495 for 2 people. (AUD)
"I found the online learning to be well designed and easy to use."
- Peter Smith
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Skipper offshore by day and night
Blue Water Skipper
Starting knowledge is having finished the Complete Skipper
Starting knowledge is having finished the Complete Skipper
$939 (AUD)
"Clear and well set out. The information was very useful for building boating knowledge."
- Tim Wilson
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Passage planning in the digital age
21st Century Navigator
No previous experience necessary!
No previous experience necessary!
$1495 (AUD)
"Extremely impressed with the comprehensiveness of the material, the professionalism of the instructor and the overall value of the course."
- Tim Fontana
Your Training Pathway
Do you know which pathway of training is best suited to you? Follow our guide below to ensure you will continually develop your skills and achieve your boating goals.
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The Local Adventurer package requires no previous experience.
The Complete Skipper Course is an intermediate level. If you have never completed any nautical training before, you can add the introductory navigation and seamanship course to the package at a special rate when you enrol.
The Blue Water Skipper is an advanced course. The starting knowledge for this course is that you have already finished the Complete Skipper course.
$470
$470
RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship
VHF Radio Course
Online Skipper Course
$939
$939
RYA Coastal Skipper & Yachtmaster Theory
AS Safety & Sea Survival e-learning Course
HF, MF & VHF Radio Course
AS Safety & Sea Survival e-learning Course
HF, MF & VHF Radio Course
Local Adventurer
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Complete Skipper
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Blue Water
Skipper
Skipper
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