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Compare RYA Shorebased (Day Skipper/Coastal/YM theory)

7 schools list this course and 4 publish a price we can compare. Sorted by price, low to high. Listing is free and no school can pay to move up this table.

School Location Next date Price Other costs · commission links Approvals Book
West Coast, Lisbon Sailing Centre Oeiras, Portugal 19 Oct 20263 upcoming dates £439approxSchool’s price: 510 € VariableRooms in Oeiras ↗
  • RYA · MCA
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Seahaven Maritime Academy Newhaven, United Kingdom No dates published £450 Variable
  • MCA approved · RYA · Highfield · IAMI
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Palma Sea School Palma de Mallorca, Spain No dates published £774approxSchool’s price: 899 € Rooms about €115 to €200 a nightRough guide, checked 23 Sep 2026Rooms in Palma de Mallorca ↗
  • RYA · MCA Approved
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Just Sailing Chiavari, Italy No dates published £774approxSchool’s price: €900 Variable
  • RYA
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JPMA & Hoylake Sailing SchoolJohn Percival Marine Associates Hoylake, United Kingdom No dates published See the school’s priceSchool’s price: £510.00 + RYA Pack (Coastal Skipper/YM Offshore) Variable
  • RYA Training Centre · MCA courses (site title: RYA & MCA Training Centre) · IAMI exam centre · Qualifications Scotland (formerly SQA) exam centre
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Solent Boat Training Southampton, United Kingdom No dates published See the school’s priceSchool’s price: From: £349.00 Per Person Rooms about £60 to £150 a nightRough guide, checked 23 Sep 2026Rooms in Southampton ↗
  • RYA Training Centre · HSE First Aid Training Centre
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The Seamanship Centre Killybegs, Ireland No dates published See the school’s priceSchool’s price: €990.00 (YM Ocean); €890.00 (YM Offshore) Variable
  • MCA approved · MSO (Irish Marine Survey Office) approved · RYA · ISA (Irish Sailing)
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Prices and dates as held in the directory on 27 Sep 2026. Prices for schools that list no dates were read from their own pages on 26 Sep 2026.

How we checked the room guides

Rough guide built by YachtSync from published average prices for mid-range hotels and guesthouses in each town (travel-cost guides, tourism sites and travel price indices), with at least two sources per town. Never from Booking.com. Refreshed quarterly.

  • Palma de Mallorca, €115 to €200, checked 23 Sep 2026. Published averages for budget (2-star) to mid-range (3-star) hotels in Palma de Mallorca, per room per night. Sources gave USD; converted to EUR at the ECB rate on 2026-09-22 and rounded. Sources: BudgetYourTrip (2-star hotel average $135/night; budget hotels average $152/night); machupicchu.org Palma de Mallorca travel guide 2026 (mid-range 3-star hotels €80-140 in shoulder season (May-June, September-October), rising to €120-200 during peak summer (July-August)).
  • Southampton, £60 to £150, checked 23 Sep 2026. Low end from the published lowest-month and budget-hotel averages, high end from the published typical double room and peak-month averages; luxury hotels left out. Kayak gave USD, converted at the ECB rate on 2026-09-22 and rounded. Sources: trivago (typical price £109 a night, lowest month January £73, peak month July £173; September 2026 typical £148); KAYAK (average double room $152 a night (about £114); lowest month March, average $94 (about £70)); BudgetYourTrip (from $60 for budget hotels; average off-season room $119, peak $222).
How to read this table.
  • Dates and prices come from each school’s own public pages. Re-confirm with the school before you pay.
  • A price is shown only against a date the school is still selling, or the price it publishes for the course when it lists no dates. A price with conditions we cannot compare like for like (several options, an extra charge with no figure, a price before VAT) is shown in the school’s own words and listed after the complete prices.
  • Prices in another currency are converted at the European Central Bank reference rate published on 25 Sep 2026 and marked approx, with the school’s own figure under them. An estimate for comparison, not what your bank will charge.
  • Most schools here do not publish what their price includes, so ask the school before you book.
  • “Other costs” is about the town, not the school: a rough guide to a room there where we have sampled one, never a live price. “Variable” means we have not sampled that town.

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