Serious Sailing

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Welcome !

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Welcome to SeriousSailing.com - an online guide to professional, practical and theoretical courses run by the West Galway School of Navigation, Ireland.  We also run courses in Portugal's stunning Algarve region and in Lymington in the Solent run by the Lentune Sea Training Centre.

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To book a course or make a further enquiry please get in touch with us via our contacts page.

We look forward to hearing from you soon...

Regards,

John Roberts

 

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Go to our Downloads section and see the current downloadable tutorial written by John Roberts

 

 

Our Instructors

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Roberts


noelleNoelle
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martinMartin O'Malley
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Upcoming Courses

Sun Nov 01 @09:00
STCW95/RYA First Aid at Sea
Sat Nov 14 @10:00
RYA Diesel Engine Course
Sat Nov 21 @09:00
GMDSS SRC VHF Course
Sat Jan 09 @09:00
STCW95 1st Aid Course
Sun Jan 10 @09:00
STCW95 PST (Sea Survival)
Sat Jan 16 @09:00
GMDSS VHF SRC (incl DSC) Course
Sun Jan 17 @10:00
RYA Diesel Engine Course
Sun Jan 24 @09:00
International Certificates of Competence (ICC)
Sat Feb 06 @09:00
GMDSS VHF SRC (incl DSC) Course
Mon Feb 15 @19:00
Yachtmaster Shore Based - GBSC
Many of our courses are not posted on our Calendar and we therefore suggest you contact us if you have a requirement for training or assessment or certification in any of the disciplines offered which does not appear on this website.

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John Roberts

RYA and ISA Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner
[Motor - Sail - Ocean]      VHF Radio Examiner

Advanced Powerboat Instructor and Examiner
Certified Master since 1970

State Agency Crews

We offer training to:-

Coastguards, Civil Defence, Fishery Protection Officers, other state agency boat crews and RNLI crews.

Professional Skippers

We train Passenger Boat Skippers, Fishermen and Professional Yacht Masters to comply with Department of Transport or MCA [STCW95] manning requirements

Going Abroad ?

We are an assessment centre for the ICC (International Certificate of Competence) and for C.E.V.N.I. (European Inland Waterways)
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