RYA DI Pre-entry 2025
Course syllabus
During this course, a sail trainer will assess your sailing ability, including your RYA Seamanship Skills, ahead of the RYA Dinghy Instructor course.
Candidates should be able to complete tasks such as those listed below, sailing at all times with an awareness of the 'five essentials', and confirming they can sail in a controlled and confident manner, showing consideration for preparation, communication, approach and execution, at all times.
During the assessment the candidate will be asked to complete the following:
Sail around a triangular course of legs to the best of their ability using all the boat's normal equipment, including spinnaker if carried.
- Sail a tight circular course around a stationary boat, making only one tack and one gybe.
- Sail a 'follow my leader' course behind another boat. The course may include all points of sailing and may be behind another sailing dinghy or behind a powered boat.
- Pick up a man overboard dummy; the boat to be stopped and more than one attempt should not be needed.
The candidate may also be asked to complete some of the following:
Sail without a rudder, or with the tiller on a loose elastic, around a triangular course. You will be expected to make good progress around the course in a seamanlike manner (not applicable to keelboat or multihull instructor candidates).
- Lee shore landing and departure
- Anchor or pick up a mooring - Come alongside a moored boat
- Recover a capsized dinghy and sail away (not keelboats)
Last updated 1:07pm on 22 March 2025