SailNorth

RYA Sailing and Navigation Courses
Sheffield & South Yorkshire

SailNorth provides professional RYA shore-based sailing and navigation courses in Sheffield for sailors, boat owners, cruising crews and charterers.

Whether you are preparing for coastal cruising, charter holidays, offshore passages or improving your boating confidence, our courses are designed to provide practical knowledge and recognised qualifications.

• RYA Day Skipper Theory
• RYA Yachtmaster Theory
• RYA Ocean Navigation
• RYA VHF Radio (SRC) Course

Friendly small-group classroom teaching based in Sheffield.

Contact SailNorth for course information and availability

Courses: Saturdays, approx Monthly,  09:00–17:00

The RYA VHF Radio (SRC) course provides essential marine radio training for safe boating and legal certification.

Course Content

• Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
• Routine radio communication
• MAYDAY, PAN PAN, SAFETY calls
• Distress procedures
• GMDSS systems
• EPIRB, AIS, NAVTEX awareness
• Radio regulations
• Practical radio use

Course fee: £84

Reserve a place, or request further details - phone/message 07771652123

Learn navigation and seamanship skills needed to confidently skipper a yacht or motor cruiser.

• Chartwork and navigation
• Tides and currents
• Passage planning
• Collision regulations
• Weather forecasting
• Pilotage and anchoring

Next course October 2026