Case Study: Royal Yachting Association achieves reduced training time and high learner engagement with Kineo's Safety at Sea eLearning

City & Guilds Kineo’s elearning pushes the boat out for RYA training, bringing technical subjects to life for a wide public membership

City & Guilds Kineo partnered with the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) to turn a technical, face‑to‑face two‑day workshop on navigation and safety into a consistent, sellable online course. The challenge was to condense 16 hours of specialist content into a 5.5‑hour elearning package for both RYA training centres and the public, deliver it via the RYA Moodle site, and ensure accuracy by working closely with subject‑matter experts.

Kineo created a three‑part Learn it / Try it / Test it approach using animations, videos, expert audio guides and practical exercises (including paper‑chart plotting) to teach and safely assess skills, and built a custom public Moodle with centre‑specific areas and reporting tools. The course saw rapid enrollments after launch, with 75% of learners rating enjoyment 5/5, 80% indicating they’d likely take more RYA elearning, and 77% completing the course without extra trainer help, along with strong positive feedback from instructors and students.

Royal Yachting Association

Richard Falk

RYA Training Manager