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Many students prefer to take the RYA practical courses on their own boats as they find that they learn more quickly this way. We are therefore only too pleased to provide own boat tuition provided that the vessel is suitable. As a guideline it should be at least 25 feet long and adequately equipped with safety gear and navigational charts. Advice on gear to carry can be found in the RYA publication C8 Boat Safety Handbook. If you have any doubts whether your vessel is suitable please contact us as we are often able to arrange for the loan of safety equipment.
The fee for own boat tuition is £175 per day and covers up to two students.
Terms & Conditions
- All courses are conducted on board the customer’s own vessel.
- The maximum number of students included in the standard fee is two. If the vessel is suitable a third student may be included at a surcharge of 33% per day.
- Course fees include instruction and travelling expenses. The customer will be responsible for all other expenses including, but not limited to, mooring fees, fuel, food and accommodation of the instructor on board.
- The vessel provided by the customer must be in a good seaworthy condition and equipped with adequate safety equipment. Customers are advised to obtain a copy of the RYA Boat Safety Handbook C8.
- If, at the start of the course, the vessel is not adequately equipped and in a seaworthy condition the instructor may, at his sole discretion, cancel the course. In this event the deposit will be forfeit but the balance of the course fee will be returned.
- The vessel provided must be owned by the customer and:
- The vessel must be insured for loss, damage and liability to third parties.
- The owner remains the skipper and legally responsible for the safe management of the vessel at all times (including when under tuition) and will not hold the instructor liable for any loss or damage
- The owner undertakes to notify his insurers that the vessel is being used for tuition.
- A deposit of £100 is due with the completed booking form. The balance of the fee is due eight weeks before the start of the course. If the balance is not paid by the due date Mercator Maritime Limited reserve the right to regard the reservation as cancelled.
- If a customer cancels a reservation more than four weeks before the start of the course the deposit will be forfeit. If a customer cancels a reservation less than four weeks before the start of the course 50% of the course fee will be forfeit. All cancellations must be in writing.
- Mercator Maritime Limited reserve the right to cancel any course. In the event of a cancellation by us our liability will be limited to deposits and course fees already paid. All monies paid will be refunded in full.
- Mercator Maritime Limited, its servants, agents and instructors do not accept any responsibility for any loss or injury suffered by any person and/or their property unless such loss or damage was caused by negligence.
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