Wild West Sailing

RYA RadarCourse – 1 Day - Sligo - €100

It's all about avoiding a collision!

Got a radar but no clue what all the buttons do? You’re not alone! The 1-day RYA Radar course is designed for small craft users who want to turn their onboard radar from a mysterious screen of blips into a powerful navigational tool.

With radar becoming more affordable, more boaters are installing it—but getting the best out of it requires more than just switching it on and hoping for the best. This course starts with the basics (no prior "radar whisperer" experience required) and moves on to key features like target definition, radar reflectors, display types, plotting, and—most importantly—how to use radar for navigation and avoiding expensive, inconvenient collisions.

By the end of the day, you’ll not only understand what you’re looking at, but you’ll also walk away with an RYA Radar course certificate—proof that your radar skills are officially shipshape! 🚢📡

Radar Skills You'll Learn 

RYA Radar Course Topics

• Radar Basics – Understanding how radar works, propagation principles, and those tricky conditions that mess with your signal.
• Getting Set Up – Mastering brilliance, contrast, gain, range, and tuning (so your radar screen looks less like abstract art).
• Measuring Up – How to accurately measure bearing and range like a pro.
• Position Fixing – Using radar to figure out where you actually are.
• Dealing with Clutter – Managing sea clutter and rain clutter so you can see what matters.
• Radar Reflectors – The difference between passive and active types.
• Navigation & Pilotage – From racons to clearing ranges and parallel indexing.
• Collision Avoidance – Spotting risks, assessing the closest point of approach, and figuring out what that other boat is up to.
• IRPCS Rules – Rules 5, 6, 7, and 19—because knowing the law helps keep you out of trouble.
• Limitations – Understanding what small craft radar can and can’t do.
• Auto Plotting Aids – Making sense of tracking and collision assessment tools.

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