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Application for Examination
There are criteria that must be met before examination will be considered. In all cases the independent examiner will want to see evidence – usually in the form of a personal logbook – that these have been met, and the supporting qualifications are in place.
The Examination Application Form ensures this is the case.
If there is any doubt regarding the acceptable level of qualifying experience, the examiner will point this out and give the candidate the opportunity to withdraw the application. All experience must have been gained within 10 years of examination.
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Criteria and Supporting Qualifications:
- 30 days sea time.
- 2 days as skipper.
- 800 miles logged of which 50% must have been in tidal waters.
- 12 night hours on watch.
- Restricted (VHF only) Radio Operator’s certificate.
- First Aid Certificate – See here for a list of unacceptable certificates.
Note:
1. All experience must have been gained within 10 years of examination.
2. Qualifying Passages – must have been on vessels between 7m and 24m length LOA (less than 80gt).
3. Qualifying Seatime
- at least 50% of qualifying mileage must be completed on vessels of between 7m and 24m length LOA (less than 80gt).
- up to 50% may be completed on vessels over 24m and less than 200gt.
- up to 50% may be completed on vessels between 200gt and 500gt.
Form of Examination
- Practical
- One examinee – 6 – 10 hours.
- Two examinees – 8 -14 hours.
Examiner’s Responsibility
- It is the examiner’s task to give the candidate the opportunity to show that he/she is a competent skipper.
- At the end of the exam the candidate should feel, whatever the outcome, that he/she has had a full, fair, and searching test.
Examination Costs –
- GB£210 in 2017 (approximately US$330) paid to the RYA when the examination application is submitted to the examiner. If a Preparation Week is taken prior to examination, examination fee is included in the course fee/li>
- Yacht charter costs are US$150 / day / student. If a Preparation Week is taken prior to examination, yacht charter costs are included in the course fee.
- We try to schedule examinations during the Antigua sailing season when we should have an examiner on island in order to minimise examiner travel costs. However, we may have to bring in an examiner from overseas. In either case travel costs shared equally between the candidate(s).
- We feed and board the examiner so there are no subsistence costs.
Note 1 Criteria are reduced for holders of an RYA Coastal Skipper Practical course completion certificate.
- 20 days sea time (2 days as skipper).
- 400 miles logged of which 50% must have been logged in tidal waters.
