This module takes place over a minimum period of 10 days of formal instruction. Requirements for Master of Yachts (500gt) are:

• 12 months as Watchkeeping Officer with OOW Certificate Navigation & Radar, ARPA & Radar Simulator
• Ship Stability
• Business & Law
• Seamanship & Meteorology
• STCW Medical Care Aboard Ship
• Oral examination (Oral Exam Preparation recommended.
• Students will cover the module's 4 sections.
• Navigation, Radar, ARPA & Simulation
• Navigation
• International regulations for preventing collisions at sea (COLREGS).
• Compasses.
• Charts, chart work, tides & currents.
• Navigation aids.
• Passage planning.
• Search & rescue (SAR).
• Radar
• Radar plotting.
• ARPA (Automatic Radar Plotting Aid)
• Simulator
• Exercises.