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Duncan Wells, RYA Instructor, Principal of Westview Sailing and features writer for Sailing Today magazine.

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I am in the process of filming all parts of the Westview Sailing, RYA Day Skipper shorebased navigation course and these will be uploaded in the coming months. In the meantime there are a number of videos covering the various disciplines which students can use as a refresher.


In the future and with the approval of the RYA, students will be able to use these videos as part of a distance learning course with Westview Sailing. The idea being to make the student feel that they are part of our normal shorebased classes.


In time I will list the order in which to go through the videos so they match the way we cover the material in the class room. For now, if you are new to the subject, start with The Chart, Magnetic Variation, Deviation, etc and build up to Estimated Position and CTS.

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