The Essential Navigation and Seamanship Course is a classroom and online course aimed at water sport users, jets skiers, sea angling or diving etc.

The course will give you the essential knowledge needed when you’re afloat, from navigation to safety and seamanship to passage planning.

RYA Interactive courses can be taken anytime, anywhere and at your own speed. All you need is a computer and the internet.

If you are sailing yachts or motor cruisers, we recommend the Day Skipper theory as your starting point.
There is no need to do Essential Navigation first.

You can book it directly with us or on the RYA site by registering yourself as a user, selecting Navathome as your training centre.

Top 10 reasons to take the online course.

1. Flexibility - anytime, anywhere, at your own speed.

2. Suitable for all - new crews through to budding skippers.
 
3. Safety Essentials - all the essential knowledge for going afloat.
 
4. Simplicity - easy to use, interactive and full of great graphics.

5. Supporting your knowledge - an ideal accompaniment to your practical course.
 
6. Complements other courses - a great starting point before more advanced courses.
 
7. Real skills - use real skills alongside online technology.
 
8. Best advice - written by top RYA instructors, created by award winning designers.

9. Learn it, try it, test it - practice what you’ve learnt before taking the test.

10. Be part of it - the RYA’s 1st fully interactive online course