Serious Sailing


Welcome to West Galway School of Navigation. An online guide to professional, practical and theoretical courses that we run in Ireland, Northern Ireland and in the UK.

 

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

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WE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:

  • GMDSS VHF/DSC COURSE
  • GMDSS GOC and ROC COURSES
  • COASTAL NAVIGATION COURSES 
  • RYA YACHTMASTER OFFSHORE COURSE (navigation and seamanship) 
  • RYA YACHTMASTER OCEAN (celestial navigation, ocean passage making & meteorology)    
  • RYA RADAR OPERATOR’S COURSE 
  • RYA DIESEL ENGINE MAINTENANCE COURSE 
  • STCW95 COURSES (PST, PSSR, FIRST AID, FIRE FIGHTING)
  • POWERBOAT TRAINING (Level 2 and Advanced) With Commercial Endorsement 
  • INTERACTIVE RYA PPR COURSE (for RYA Commercial Endorsement) 
  • MCA STABILITY (and crane operation) COURSE 
  • MCA APPROVED ENGINE COURSE (AEC)
  • MCA EFFICIENT DECK HAND (EDH) 
  • MCA HELM COURSE
  • OCEAN YACHTMASTER QUALIFYING PASSAGE
  • PREPARATION FOR MCA MASTER AND OOW ORAL EXAMINATIONS

 

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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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