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. The current downloadable tutorial written by John Roberts on Position fixing by HSA

Now posted dates for Yachtmaster Offshore and Yachtmaster Ocean winter classes                                Call for details

 
 

Our Instructors

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Roberts

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martinMartin O'Malley
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Upcoming Courses

Mon May 10 @10:00
Day Skipper/Competent Crew
Mon May 17 @10:00
Day Skipper/Competent Crew
Mon May 24 @10:00
Day Skipper/Competent Crew
Fri Jun 04 @08:00
Day Skipper/Competent Crew
Mon Jun 07 @08:00
Day Skipper/Competent Crew
Sat Jun 12 @10:00
RYA Diesel Engine Course
Sun Jun 13 @09:00
GMDSS VHF Course
Thu Jul 15 @18:00
GMDSS VHF Course
Mon Oct 04 @19:00
Yachtmaster Offshore Sorebased Course
Tue Oct 05 @19:00
Ocean Yachtmaster Shorebased Course
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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