{"id":376,"date":"2012-10-19T15:20:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T15:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/?p=376"},"modified":"2013-07-17T12:51:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T12:51:39","slug":"competentcrew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/competentcrew\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the first steps in Learning to Sail a Yacht is to take a Competent Crew Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

For anyone looking to learn how to sail an RYA Competent Crew course would be a good place to start.<\/p>\n

\"Girl<\/a>The course syllabus is set by the RYA (Royal Yachting Association) but run by sailing\u00a0schools.\u00a0 The Competent Crew course forms part of a whole series of RYA courses that take you from total beginner to ocean sailor \u2013 if that is what you want.\u00a0 Each course is a standalone course and a lot of fun.\u00a0 You do not have to have plans to sail around the world to start doing the courses.<\/p>\n

The Competent Crew course is the first course in this RYA \u2018Cruising Scheme\u2019.\u00a0 It assumes you have no or very little previous sailing experience.\u00a0 At the end of the course you will be a useful crew member.\u00a0 \u00a0Indeed – a competent crew member, capable of helping out on board in most tasks.\u00a0 You will learn how to set the sails correctly to the wind and how to raise and lower them.\u00a0 You will learn all the nautical jargon and names for different parts of the boat.\u00a0 You will also learn what to do with ropes and fenders when the boat moors up in a marina.<\/p>\n

The Competent Crew course is 5 days long.\u00a0 Part of the course is learning about life on board a yacht and with this in mind accommodation is on the yacht.\u00a0 It is very rare that someone would end up sharing a cabin with a complete stranger.<\/p>\n

All food is found for on board.\u00a0 Breakfasts are usually quite hearty, lunches consist of soups, sandwiches and salads whilst sailing along and supper is usually cooked alongside in a marina or at a quiet secluded anchorage.\u00a0 Sometimes everyone chooses to go to a pub or restaurant for supper.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people have started sailing by doing a Competent Crew course.\u00a0 It sets people up with good habits and allows them to go on with a full appreciation of what sailing is about \u2013 lots and lots of fun!<\/p>\n

If you would like to know more about Competent Crew courses First Class Sailing are more than happy to answer any questions. They can be contacted email through http:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/Competent-Crew\/<\/a><\/p>\n

By Charlie Tulloch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For anyone looking to learn how to sail an RYA Competent Crew course would be a good place to start. The course syllabus is set by the RYA (Royal Yachting Association) but run by sailing\u00a0schools.\u00a0 The Competent Crew course forms part of a whole series of RYA courses that take you from total beginner to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learn-to-sail"],"views":2715,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions\/592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}