OSK Certified Navigation and Planning Courses
Practical exercises to work through at your own pace, structured assessments and unlimited support from a dedicated course mentor. If you really want to develop your navigation and planning skills as a sea kayaker these courses will help you learn everything you need to know. If you are preparing to become a Sea Kayak Leader or an Advanced Sea Kayak Leader these courses
OSK Coastal Navigation and Tidal Planning
This online course is certified by OSK and has helped hundreds of paddlers and sea kayak leaders develop their navigation and planning skills and knowledge. The course has exercises and assessments to help you develop your skills to safely plan sea kayak journeys in tidal waters. Upon successful completion of the course you will receive an OSK Certification. This course is perfect for any aspiring Sea Kayak Leader or paddlers carrying out coastal journeys including crossings to up to 2 nautical miles and in areas of tidal movement up to 2 knots. Paddlers will find the technical and theoretical aspects not only useful, but essential for safe travel in the marine environment!
I'm ready to sign upOSK Open Water Navigation and Tidal Planning
This online course is certified by OSK and has helped hundreds of paddlers and sea kayak leaders develop their navigation and planning skills and knowledge.
The course has exercises and assessments to help you develop your skills to safely plan sea kayak journeys in strong tidal waters and on open water crossings. Upon successful completion of the course you will be emailed an OSK Certification
This course is designed for those paddlers carrying out challenging sea journeys including open crossings in areas of strong complex tidal movement (in excess of 3 knots) The course is suitable for aspiring Advanced sea kayak leaders, however, anyone wishing to undertake challenging journeys on the sea using a kayak would find the technical and theoretical aspects not only useful, but essential for safe travel in the marine environment!
I'm ready to sign upTo complete these courses you will need access to a pair of dividers, a plotter (big compass without magnetic needle), RYA training chart 3 and the RYA training almanac. You can order these by following the links below or through the RYA shop with worldwide shipping.
The almanac can be ordered as a book or download - here
Training chart number 3 can be ordered here - here , here or here
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Course feedback
"Thank you so much for the feedback - very relieved! I thought the tasks were excellent - really had to think about it! The planning template is really good. I know a lot of folk don't like online and prefer face to face teaching - but I can honestly say I got so much more out of this course than some classroom ones I've been on. Will definitely keep returning to some of the lessons. Thanks again."
"I had a great time last week for my Sea Kayak Leader (non-tidal) training and assessment. I felt comfortable about making decisions regarding the itinerary and the weather... thank's to the CNTP course ! And now I really look forward to paddling in tidal areas. I think I have all the clues now to start to plan trips safely."
"Many thanks for your e-mail confirming my successful completion of the CNTP course. I really enjoyed doing this course. I am a full member and have been for nearly two years now. I think the style of your courses are just brilliant, the video work from different angles, together with the drone footage make everything really clear and you and Simon’s explanations are super helpful. I have really enjoyed watching the lessons, going out and practicing and then coming back and rewatching. It is great being able to do this and pick it up whenever time allows. "
"I thought the CNTP course was really well explained and very thorough indeed. I learnt loads and will certainly enrol on the OWNTP course now and work through this too."
"Hi James, thank you for marking those and for making this course. It has been really instructive and I can’t imagine I would have learnt as much in a classroom setting over one day."
"Many thanks for this email. I am absolutely delighted to hear that I've passed the course! I found the course to be 100% excellent!! I really enjoyed doing it. As with all of your videos, it was superbly put together. I learned such a lot from the course and it's really boosted my confidence.
Thanks for all that you do at OSK - keep up the good work, though dear knows how you find the time!!"
"I’m really grateful to you and Simon for developing such an amazing library of courses - everything is so clearly explained and demonstrated, and beautifully produced, it is so helpful being able to access your experience and knowledge in this way."

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