Documented minimum sea time completed on a seagoing sailing or motor yacht (as appropriate) in the last 10 years:
which may be reduced to 25 days if the candidate already holds an RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence ; ; , which may be reduced to 1250 miles if the candidate already holds an RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence if the candidate already holds an RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence
At least half the qualifying sea time should be gained in tidal waters and on vessels less than 24m LOA, and all seatime must be on vessels of the same discipline as the exam to be taken, i.e. sail or power.
Contact if your sea time is on a yacht greater than 24m and 500gt.
For example, an RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Sail wishing to be examined for RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Power
You may use your own boat or a boat that you have chartered or borrowed. You will be responsible for ensuring the boat is seaworthy and suitable for the area in which the exam takes place and equipped as shown below.
The boat used must be between 7m and 18m (LOA) and be in sound, seaworthy condition, equipped to the standard set out in the RYA Boat Safety Handbook 2nd Edition (code G103). The boat must be equipped with a full up to date set of charts and navigational publications along with working instruments and either plotter or GPS. In addition to the candidate there should be two crew on board as the examiner will not take part in the management of the boat during the exam.
There may be vessels that will meet the guidelines outlined above but by virtue of their layout, construction, handling characteristics or other factors may be unsuitable for use for an RYA Yachtmaster Practical examination. The RYA reserves the right to refuse an exam on a vessel that, in the view of the RYA Chief Examiner, will not allow the examiner to conduct an examination to the standard required by the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Qualification Panel.
Before you book your exam please check that you:
If you need your Certificate of Competence in order to work on board a commercial craft subject the MCA's codes of practice, you will need to get it commercially endorsed .
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Coastal / Offshore
Online Theory Course
A challenging course which stretches you but backed up with excellent coaching and instructor support.
The RYA Yachtmaster online theory course takes your theory knowledge to the standard required for the Yachtmaster Coastal and Yachtmaster Offshore practical exams.
This course advances your skills as a skipper of a yacht or motor boat, with an emphasis on navigation and passage planning for more complex coastal or offshore passages by day and night
Includes some time for the revision of Day Skipper subjects then moves on to cover a greater depth of knowledge and more advanced skills in navigation, pilotage & meteorology.
Successfully gaining your RYA Yachtmaster theory certificate will enable you to confidently work towards your Yachtmaster Coastal or Yachtmaster Offshore practical qualification.
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Pilotage for RYA Yachtmaster Offshore
Unlimited support from our dedicated RYA Instructors - 365 days a year via email, phone or Skype/Zoom.
14-day unconditional money-back guarantee.
17 fully-narrated online lessons including animations, videos and realistic 3D graphics.
Embedded quizzes with instant feedback in each lesson.
14 self-assessment exercises with fully worked answers.
Over 50 downloadable or linked resources.
Videos covering: updating paper charts, engine checks, dismasting, jury rig, flood control, firefighting, gas explosions, capsize, lifejacket checks, how to put on a lifejacket and what happens when it inflates, man-overboard recovery, launching and boarding a liferaft.
Free Radar course.
RYA Student Pack (including 2 training charts, training almanac & course handbook).
Mock exams to prepare you for the real thing and give you the confidence to pass.
3 final online exams with detailed instructor feedback and free repeat attempts if requried.
RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Theory Course Completion Certificate.
12 months access to study with instructor support and exams - you can extend this if you want.
Lifetime access to training materials once you’ve completed the course.
Plotter and divider You’ll need a course plotter and chart-dividers to complete the chartwork exercises - if you don’t already have these you can purchase a top quality set from us for £28 when you place your order.
Delivery UK delivery is free. European delivery is £20, outside Europe delivery is £40.
You can start studying immediately as many of the lessons don’t rely on the printed support materials.
This course is accessed online with no additional software required.
Lessons are accompanied by optional professional narration, and notes.
They are intuitive and easy to follow, whilst more complex subjects are accompanied by interactive animations and graphics to help you gain a full knowledge of each subject in the course syllabus.
Detailed step-by-step workings for navigational or tidal calculations make it easy for you to follow along as we show you how to plot positions, make tidal height and stream calculations, etc
You can go over these again and again, and test your knowledge with regular quizzes throughout each lesson.
At the end of each lesson there is an excercise containg similar questions to the exam, with detailed and illustrated answers sent to you immediately to confirm your progress and fully prepare you for your mock and final exams.
You can repeat entire lessons and excercises as often as you wish until you are confident that you fully understand each subject.
When you have completed the course you can request mock and then final exams.
These are assessed by our RYA Instructors and detailed feedback is provided in any areas that may require further study within the course.
If you pass the final exams you will be awarded the RYA/MCA Coastal Skipper & Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased Course Certificate , which will be posted to you.
Additional free resits, with suitable Instructor guidance, are available if required.
Course reviews.
Laura Anderson
Impressively prompt and thorough feedback on all queries, tests, mock and real exams. Very high standards and you feel you have earned the Yachtmaster certificate.
Ciaran McIntyre
Excellent course materials and high quality delivery. Very responsive and excellent instructor feedback
Andrew Harvey
Does what it says on the tin and more. I was impressed how well the course managed to tackle teaching relatively complex skills in a logical and easy to understand way.
Oliver Fleming
I found the Yachtmaster theory course to be really well structured and covered all of the syllabus in great detail. I was impressed by how well the course managed to tackle teaching relatively complex skills in a logical and easy to understand way.
Preparation course overview.
The RYA Yachtmaster Coastal / Yachtmaster Offshore Preparation course enables those who hold the required prerequisite experience to sit the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal or RYA Yachtmaster Offshore exam to fine tune their existing skills prior to sitting the practical exam.
The preparation course is run over 5 days and designed to assess your level of competency against the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal or RYA Yachtmaster Offshore exam syllabus found in the RYA Yachtmaster Scheme Syllabus and Logbook (G158/15) and is intended to fine tune your existing skills and polish any areas of weakness prior to the exam. The subsequent exam is then run over two days, following the preparation course.
Prior the prep course, we advise that you read the exam syllabus and give yourself an honest appraisal of your strengths and weaknesses. Try to address any shortfalls beforehand and then during the preparation course be open with your instructor about your abilities and what you need to work on in the run up to your exam.
During the prep course your instructor will frequently update you on your progress and ability and recommend which exam you should aim for – whether Coastal or Offshore.
The syllabus is taught in a ratio of (4:1) students to instructor.
Please follow the link if you are looking for the RYA yachtmaster offshore professional course
Rya yachtmaster coastal exam (sail).
Candidates must be aged 17 or over and require;
For holders of the RYA Coastal Skipper Practical course completion certificate, the seatime requirement is reduced to 400 miles, 2 days living on board, 12 night hours, two days as skipper.
Half of the qualifying seatime must have been gained in tidal waters. For sizes of vessel please refer to page 73 in the RYA Yachtmaster Scheme Syllabus and Logbook (G158/15).
Candidates must be aged 18 or over and require;
At least half of the qualifying seatime must have been accrued in tidal waters. For sizes of vessel please refer to page 73 in the RYA Yachtmaster Scheme Syllabus and Logbook (G158/15).
Full details and definitions on qualifying passages can be found here .
The exam will include an assessment of your skippering skills, boat handling, general seamanship, navigation, safety awareness and knowledge of the IRPCS (collision regulations), meteorology and signals. You will be set tasks to demonstrate your ability and may also be asked questions on any part of the syllabus for all practical and shorebased courses up to Yachtmaster Coastal level.
The exam will include an assessment of your skippering skills, boat handling, general seamanship, navigation, safety awareness and knowledge of the IRPCS, meteorology and signals, with particular emphasis on command skills, boat handling under sail and power in confined spaces, plus navigation and pilotage techniques in daylight, at night and in reduced visibility. Adverse weather conditions and coping with emergencies are also covered.
The examiner will set tasks to enable you to demonstrate your ability as skipper and may also ask questions on any part of the syllabus for all practical and shorebased courses up to RYA Yachtmaster Offshore.
The exam will take around 8-12 hours per candidate candidate. No more than two candidates can be examined in 24 hours. Whilst one candidate is being examined the remaining candidates will act as crew.
RYA Yachtmaster Coastal Certification of Competence.
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence.
Course | From | To | All-inc |
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RYA Yachtmaster Coastal / RYA Offshore Preparation and Exam (sail) | 14/11/2024 | 20/11/2024 | |
RYA Yachtmaster Coastal / RYA Offshore Preparation and Exam (sail) | 08/12/2024 | 14/12/2024 | Full |
RYA Yachtmaster Coastal / RYA Offshore Preparation and Exam (sail) | 09/02/2025 | 15/02/2025 | |
RYA Yachtmaster Coastal / RYA Offshore Preparation and Exam (sail) | 26/02/2025 | 04/03/2025 | |
RYA Yachtmaster Coastal / RYA Offshore Preparation and Exam (sail) | 21/03/2025 | 27/03/2025 |
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Kristian Aderman a Pro Yacht Racer from Sweden being examined by RYA Examiner John Roberts earlier this year
14 weeks of practical training, next course : spring 2024, starts mon 19th february 2024.
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Below is a brief outline of the course content. Please contact us for a full description of the course program.
We would be delighted to have a sit down meeting with you over coffee to discuss your suitability for this program and how it can be tailored to suit your prior sailing experience. If you are booking from abroad we would be delighted to arrange a skype conversation to discuss the program with you.
Introduction
This course is designed to take the complete sailing novice to become a professional sailor in the sailing industry in an intensive accelerated course over fifteen weeks. The course culminates in the Yachtmaster Offshore Exam by an independent RYA Yachtmaster Examiner. This is a 10 hour practical and oral examination on all aspects of sailing a yacht in difficult circumstances. Provided you are hard working we will have you fully prepared and confident of passing the exam over the 3 months. We have run 11 successful Professional Yachtmaster Programs since the schools opening in 2011 and have almost 100% success rate in that every student has passed the exam first time after our training program. This is largely to do with having a small number of students and being able to focus on each students own weaknesses leading up to the exam. We have successfully trained students in the past who have gone on to work all over the world in different sectors of the sailing industry, from charter base managers, to delivery skippers, to Yachtmaster Instructors to yacht brokers to Riggers. We have developed contacts within the sailing industry over the past 10 years which you can call upon to help you achieve your first job in your new career within the yachting industry. The course is geared towards a career in the yachting industry, but we have a variety of students from guys in their 30s and 40s looking for a career change, to school leavers looking for an alternate second career before attending university to newly retired people looking to change their approach to their own sailing, a to finally sail in a professional confident way.
The course is divided into 3 modules of four to five weeks in duration. Students can enter the course program at different stages depending on their previous sailing experience and the cost of the course will be pro-rated accordingly. Please consult us on this. Many fast track courses are run by different sailing schools in the Med. Some advertise courses that are only 10 weeks long and at very low prices. These are soft courses in the sunshine with little or no wind. Exams are almost always conducted under the same conditions. Our experience of these schools has been shabby yachts and poor quality tuition. At Irish Offshore Sailing we will train you to cope with challenging weather confidently using a modern offshore yacht with the most up to date navigational equipment. These yachts enter the Fastnet Race and Round Ireland Yacht Race every year, so they are extremely well equipped.
Our Commitment to You
At Irish Offshore Sailing we draw upon a team of expert instructors with over 10 years training students on the Professional Yachtmaster Scheme. We have put a course program together not just to get you to pass your Yachtmaster exam, but to make you into a competent confident professional skipper. We see time and time again within the industry, sailors barely meeting the grade and delivering yachts by the seats of their pants. Our aim is to train you to a standard where we would trust you to deliver our yachts in the dead of winter, and rest assured that the yacht will arrive in pristine condition. Students who train and sail in Ireland and the UK during the Winter and early Spring, experience strong winds, heavy swells and other difficult conditions. These difficult training grounds challenge and drive students to excel and ultimately produce a higher calibre of skipper. At Irish Offshore Sailing, we run a professional, well structured course designed to meet your needs. We operate from our course from our base at Dun Laoghaire Marina using our two Jeanneau Sunfast 37 foot yachts “Desert Star” and “Sherkin” and our classroom facilities at the Royal Irish Yacht Club. Dublin Bay provides and incredible training ground for our students with a large tidal range, shallow harbours, commercial shipping, and offshore winds which allow us to continue sailing even under heavy wind conditions. The protection of the outer harbour in Dun Laoghaire allows us to sail even in the most challenging of winds, when any other school would have to have a day in the classroom.
Below is a brief outline of the course structure for our 2024 Spring Course, our Autumn course will be very similar:
Module 1: February 2024
Week 1: Competent Crew (5 days) (Mon 19th – Fri 23rd February 2024)
Week 2: Dayskipper Theory (5 days) (Sat 24th – Sun 25th Feb & Fri 1st – Sun 3rd March 2024)
Week 3: Skills and Drills (3 days) (Mon 26th Feb – Wed 28th Feb 2024)
Week 4: Dayskipper 1 (Navigation and Pilotage) (5 days) (Mon 4th – Fri 8th March 2024)
Week5: Dayskipper 2 Mon 11th – Thurs 15th March 2024 ( 4 days)
VHF SRC (1 day) (Sun 10th March 2024)
First Aid (1 day) (Sat 9th March 2024)
24 days training incl. First Aid and VHF SRC
4 days break: 1600 Thurs 14th March – 0930 Tues 19th March 2024
1 days break: 1600 Wed 28th Feb – Fri 1st March 0930 2024
Module 2: March 2024
Week 1: Yachtmaster Theory (6 days) (Tues 19th – Sun 24th March 2024)
Week 2: Milebuilder Passage 1 (6 days) Northern Ireland (Mon 25th March – Sat 30th March 2024)
Week 3: Coastal Skipper 1 (4 days) (Mon 1st – Thurs 4th April 2024)
ISAF Offshore Safety Course (2 day) (Sat 13th – Sun 14th April 2024)
Week 4: Milebuilder Passage 2 (6 days) Irish Sea (Sat 6th – Fri 12th April 2024)
Week 5: Coastal Skipper 2 (5 days) (Tues 15th – Fri 19 April 2024)
30 days training – including ISAF Offshore Safety Course
1 day Break: 1600 Sat 30th March- 0900 Mon 1st April 2024 (1 day)
1 day break: 1600 Thurs 4th April – 0900 Sat 6th April 2024 (2 days)
7 days break: 1600 Sun 19th April – 0900 Mon 27th April 2024 (7 days)
Module 3: May 2024
Week 1: Milebuilder Passage 3 (7 Days) ( Sat 27th April – Fri 3rd May 2024) Ireland South Coast
Week 2: Yachtmaster Preparation 1 (4 days) (Mon 6th May – Thurs 9th May 2024)
Week 3: Yachtmaster Preparation 2 (4 days) (Mock exams, all elements revised) (Sat 11th – Tues 14th May 2024 )
Yachtmaster Offshore Examination (2 days) (1400 Tues 14th May – 1300 Thurs 16th May 2024 Approx.)
17 days incl. Yachtmaster Offshore Exams
2 days break : 1600 Fri 3rd May – 0900 Mon 6th May 2024
1 day break : 1600 Thurs 9th May – 0900 Sat 11th May 2024
This course is comprised of 71 Days of Tuition and Examination
The RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Exam is organised on the last two days of the course.
Professional Yachtmaster Training Program Prices
The 14 Week Course €10,950
One Module €5,350
Two Modules €8,500
Whats included:
Whats not included: Food and accommodation is not provided during the shorebased courses. Air BnB’s, and hostels are available with good weekly rates and all the home comforts. Shorebased courses comprises of 15 days of the overall course length. Neither accommodation nor food is provided during the weekends between courses.
€85 SRC exam and license fee for the the SRC course
Yachtmaster offshore examination fee of £240
Examiners travel expenses ( Approx €120 per student depending on candidates)
are not included in the course fee.
Offshore Yacht Sailing Personal Insurance (€80 – €120)
This insurance is compulsory to participate in our mile building trips.
State Grants
Some students have in the past qualified for small state grants to attend our courses as the ISA Coastal Skipper Practical Course falls under the national qualification fetac scheme. Please contact us for further details about obtaining a grant while attending this course.
Additional Gear and Advice
We strongly advise students to purchase their own sailing boots and gear before the commences. Contact us for advice on this. We don’t believe in flashy prospectuses to hook you in. We want to meet you for a coffee, or have a lengthy phone conversation, answer your questions, explain the course in great detail, learn about your background and your motivation for doing the course and assess your suitability for the course before your place is accepted. We monitor your progress very carefully during the course, and a high degree of self motivation, self learning and a good patient nature is required.
Previous Experience
While previous experience is not required before booking, but we do strongly advise that you attend at the very least a start yachting weekend or competent crew course before making a decision to book onto this intensive full time sailing course. The optimum is that each candidate would have around 500 miles of sailing experience prior to coming onto the sailing course. This means that you would have an understanding of what its like to sail a yacht offshore and at night before coming on the course. It also takes the pressure off your attendance on the course, if you are sick for one week, then you may miss achieving your target mileage of 2,500 miles which is required to sit the Yachtmaster Offshore Exam, if you start the course with zero miles under your belt. We can advise you on how best to get these few days of training before the course begins when we meet for a coffee to show you the school and discuss the course.
National Yachting School » RYA Sail Crusing Courses » RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore Preparation & Exam
An RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence is often the ultimate aim of aspiring skippers. It is a well known, highly respected qualification worldwide, proving your experience and competence as a skipper.
To attain the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore candidates must pass a practical examination of their skippering ability. A Yachtmaster Offshore is capable of skippering the yacht on extended offshore passages by day or night. He or she will essentially be a much more experienced Yachtmaster Coastal and can do the same things more smoothly, for longer periods and in more arduous conditions. The theory knowledge required for the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence is the same as that for Yachtmaster Coastal, but considerably more practical experience and skill is required.
The 4 days prior to the exam is run along the same lines as the Yachtmaster Coastal preparation. Your instructor will asses your skills and address any areas over weakness. A high level of boat handling under various conditions of wind and tide is required. Navigation skills should be at the level of Yachtmaster/Coastal Skipper theory and a thorough knowledge of collision regulations is expected. Your instructor will tailor the course to suit your individual needs in order to prepare you for when the examiner steps on board.
After 4 days your instructor will give you a thorough debrief and you should feel confident in your ability to take the exam should you feel ready to do so.
During the exam, your RYA examiner will meet you onboard and talk you through the plan for the day. They understand that you could be nervous and will do their best to allay your fears and make sure you are clear about what they want you to do. They are there to find out what you can do, rather than pick holes. You will be asked to undertake a short passage, but you may have to plan a longer one. In general, you should skipper the yacht in your normal style. If this means putting the kettle on every half hour, then do it!
Your examiner isn’t looking for first-time-every-time success, but you will need to demonstrate competence and a good understanding of how the boat reacts at various situations. Don’t hesitate to change sails or reef, if you think it is necessary for the task.
Whether you are fully in command of the yacht is the most important assessment that your examiner will make. Especially with Yachtmaster Offshore the examiner will be looking for high level of proficiency based on broad experience.
Course Duration: 4 days for the course and 2 days for the exam. Most courses start on Saturday evening and finish on Wednesday afternoon, the exam starts the same evening or the next morning after the end of the course.
Previous Experience Required: 50 days aboard, 5 days as skipper, 2500 miles logged (min. half of it MUST be in tidal waters!), 5 passages of over 60 miles including 2 overnight and 2 as skipper. VHF radio operators certificate (SRC or higher) and a valid First Aid Certificate recognised by the RYA. click here for the list of acceptable first aid certificates
Course Overview: Preparation and brush up for the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence. Revision of advanced skippering techniques, close quarters handling under power and sail, navigation and pilotage by day and night, man overboard recovery and overall yacht management skills.
Minimum age: 18
Course price DOES NOT INCLUDE:
Date from | Date to | Place | Price | Status | |
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02. 11. 2024 | 09. 11. 2024 | Kaštela (Croatia | 1190 € | open |
Due to the coronavirus crisis, we are canceling all practical courses in Croatia until further notice. For new course dates, please keep an eye on our website.
In NYS we believe that there’s no such a thing as winter in sailing and you can always find a good place to enjoy your hobby any time throught the year. So we offer popular winter courses again, this time on Canary Islands, starting from Tenerife because of the best flight connections.
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Rya motor cruising scheme.
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We make no attempt to be the cheapest In the area but stick by the old adage that ‘You get what you pay for’.
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RYA Yachtmaster (Theory) Refresher | 2 Days | £250 | £550 | £725 | |
RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Theory | 6 days | £485 | £2000 | £2100 | £- Please ask |
RYA Coastal Skipper Yachtmaster Theory | 6 days | £425 | £2200 | ||
RYA Day Skipper Theory | 5 days (40 hours) | £355 | £1650 | £1725 | £-Please ask |
Course Description | Duration | P/P | 1-on-1 | Group | Own Boat |
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RYA Ocean Yachtmaster Theory Online | Home Study | £295 | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A |
RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Theory Online | Home Study | £290 | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A |
RYA Day Skipper Theory Online | Home Study | £290 | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A |
RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship | Home Study | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A | |
RYA Cevni Test Online | Home Study | £30 | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A |
RYA Professional Practices & Responsibilities | Home Study | £52 | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A |
RYA VHF Radio Online Course | Online | £69 | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A |
Course Description | Duration | P/P | 1-on-1 | Group | Own Boat |
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RYA VHF Radio Exam | £70 | ||||
RYA Radar | 1 day | £130 | £330 | £400 - Max. 4 people | £299 |
RYA Diesel Engine | 1 day | £130 | £Please Ask | £Please Ask | £N/A |
RYA First Aid | 1 day | £130 | £Please Ask | £Please Ask | £N/A |
RYA Radar + | £250 | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A | |
RYA Sea Survival | 1 day | £150 | £- please ask | £ - Please ask | £ N/A |
RYA VHF Radio Classroom + Exam | 1 day | £110 | £please ask | £please ask | £N/A |
Course Description | Duration | P/P | 1-on-1 | Group | Own Boat |
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RYA Day Skipper Practical PLUS Theory | 6 days | £1375 | £4500 | £please ask | £Please ask |
RYA Yachtmaster™ Sail – Power Exam Prep | 5 - 6 days | £1500 | £5000 | £5000 | £1280 |
RYA Yachtmaster™ Power – Exam Prep Course | 5 days | £1500 | £5000 | £5000 | £1495 |
RYA Coastal Skipper Practical | 5 days | £2500 | £5000 | £please ask | £1600 |
RYA Day Skipper Practical | 4 days | £1025 | £3700 | £4000 | £1280 |
RYA Helmsman | 2 days | £550 | £1900 | £2000 | £640 |
RYA Start Motor Cruising | 1 day | £300 | £1000 | £1000 | £320 |
Learn On Your Boat | Per day | £320 | £320.00 | £320.00 | £330.00 |
Course Description | Duration | P/P | 1-on-1 | Group | Own Boat |
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Advanced Powerboat Certificate of Competence – Prep and Exam | 2 Days | £499 | £n/a | £330.00 | |
RYA Advanced Powerboat | 2 days | £375 | £975 | £1000 | £640 |
RYA Intermediate Powerboat (Coastal Cruising by Day) | 2 days | £340 | £989 | £960 | £660 |
RYA Powerboat Tender Operator | 2 days | £299 | £695 | £750 | £550 |
RYA Powerboat Level 2 | 2 days | £320 | £750 | £895 | £640 |
RYA Powerboat Level 1 | 1 day | £325 | £325 | £550 | £320 |
Learn On Your Boat | Per day | £320 | £320.00 | £320.00 | £330.00 |
Course Description | Duration | P/P | 1-on-1 | Group | Own Boat |
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RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship | Home Study | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A |
Course Description | Duration | P/P | 1-on-1 | Group | Own Boat |
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Solent Familiarisation | 1 day | £900 | £- Please ask | £900.00 | £320.00 |
Practical Boat Handling | £900 | £900 max 2 | |||
Powerboat Enhancement / Refresher Days | 1 day | £190 | £550 | £550 | £320 |
Mile Building / Skippered Passages | 1 day | £650 | £please ask | £- Please ask | £- Please ask |
Course Description | Duration | P/P | 1-on-1 | Group | Own Boat |
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Advanced Passage Planning and Pilotage | £130 | £400 | |||
Understanding your Chart Plotter – Basic to Masterclass | 1 day | £130 | £500.00 | £330.00 | |
RYA VHF Refresher | 4 hrs | £45 | £6 people £250 | ||
Rope & Rope-work | £99 | ||||
RYA Yachtmaster (Theory) Refresher | 2 Days | £250 | £550 | £725 | |
Understanding Radar – with Simulator Experience | 1 day | £150 | £500.00 | £N/A | £n/a |
Course Description | Duration | P/P | 1-on-1 | Group | Own Boat |
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Evening Cruises | 1 day | £199 | £849 | £699 (4 people) | £N/A |
Cruise in Company | 5 | £750 | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A |
Course Description | Duration | P/P | 1-on-1 | Group | Own Boat |
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Pre Instructor pre course training | £0 | ||||
RYA Radar Instructor | |||||
RYA Teaching in the Classroom | |||||
RYA First Aid Instructor | 1-day | ||||
RYA Navigation Instructor | |||||
RYA VHF SRC Assessor | |||||
RYA Cruising Instructor Power | 4 days | £1125 | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A |
RYA Advanced Powerboat Instructor | 2 days | £395 | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A |
RYA Powerboat Instructor | 4 days | £495 | £N/A | £N/A | £N/A |
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FASTRAK is the original comprehensive, eighteen-week, professional seamanship training programme designed and run by the British Offshore Sailing School. With full Royal Yachting Association (RYA) recognition, it is run by a highly experienced team of yachting instructors, who have taught all over the world. BOSS runs three highly successful eighteen-week FASTRAK courses per year. With small group sizes, we can ensure that the highest possible standard of instruction is given to each individual.
Students selected for this intensive course can expect to receive quality training that is second to none. From day one you will be working towards the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster® Offshore qualification. During your time with BOSS you will spend over 90 days afloat, aboard a variety of yachts, learning good practical seamanship, constantly improving personal technical expertise and above all learning those vital skippering skills.
You will experience sailing yachts with both tiller and wheel steering, masthead and fractional rigs with hank on, luff groove and roller furling headsails, allowing you to gain a wide base of experience. 15 days of your course will be shore based, utilising our custom built classroom facilities at Hamble. Here, students will be shown the intricacies of navigation, meteorology, safety, electronics, use of Radar and the rules regarding avoidance of collisions at sea.
The BOSS FASTRAK course is aimed at both those who are committed to establishing a career in the marine industry and those looking for a career break. It is not just a series of RYA courses put together but a careful mixture of programme learning, technical instruction and the all important skipper experience building. Combine this with regular appraisals of your progress and you have a unique package designed specifically to make the most of your 18 weeks. The course includes;
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The Hamble School of Yachting fast track Professional Sail Training (PST) course is designed to progress an inexperienced sailor to a fully qualified professional standard.
Hamble School of Yachting follows the globally recognised RYA certification programme that takes students to commercially endorsed RYA Yachtmaster Offshore level - the gold standard in sailing qualifications. The PST course is also a great option for anyone looking for a life-changing experience; either following retirement, during a gap year, sabbatical or taking leisure sailing to the next level.
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SETTING QUALITY FOUNDATIONS
Whether you’re looking to embark on a career in the sailing industry, taking a break from work or looking for a new challenge of long-distance sailing in retirement, it is important to set solid foundations for your journey ahead.
Hamble School of Yachting has a reputation in the industry for the high quality of sailors that come from its courses which provides a valuable head-start when seeking employment.
HIGH CALIBRE INSTRUCTORS Hamble School of Yachting employs only the best teaching staff. All instructors are hand-picked for their ability to communicate, their knowledge and sense of humour! Instructors receive ongoing professional development from the Hamble School of Yachting via a programme delivered by the Chief Instructor. Very few schools adopt this policy.
STRICT INTAKE LIMIT Hamble School of Yachting can offer a choice of different yachts on which to sail and a dedicated teaching block equipped with the latest computer and audio visual technology.
Numbers of students on the PST course are strictly limited to an absolute maximum of ten on each intake. This allows incredibly high quality supervision and monitoring of training and enables students to get much more out of that vital contact time with each instructor.
THE VERY BEST PROGRAMME The programme is purposefully organised in such a way that each week has a clear and dedicated set of goals.
Students are debriefed after each task, and at the end of each week, by the instructor and
Chief Instructor. This enables the school to identify student strengths and weaknesses at a very early stage and ensure a personal action plan is put into place to build up skills accordingly.
AN ALL-ROUND EDUCATION Hamble School of Yachting does not try to enrol its students on a ticket collecting exercise for a bewildering array of different courses. This course is focused and carefully designed to turn out high quality sailors with a good degree of all-round seamanship skills.
The school believes there is no substitute for hands on experience and students spend 72 days of the total 98 days tuition at sea learning the skills of their trade. The weeks spent on practical sailing are carefully divided between skipper development and mileage building to destinations in the English Channel, and “drills and skills” weeks closer to home.
THE HAMBLE TOUCHES Hamble School of Yachting is so committed to delivering the best possible experience that it invites prospective PST students to join the team for a weekend of sailing, free of charge. This gives the opportunity for students to meet school’s friendly faces, see how the school operates and chat to the brilliant instructors about their ambitions. It also allows the team to ensure the course is right for the student. For those with more experience it might be suitable to start at module two or three and this will be assessed over the weekend.
Course | Day Skipper module 1 | Coastal Skipper module 2 | Yachtmaster module 3 | |||
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93 | 02/06/24 | 07/07/24 | 15/07/24 | 18/08/24 | 25/08/24 | 27/09/24 |
94 | 06/10/24 | 10/11/24 | 18/11/24 | 22/12/24 | 05/01/25 | 07/02/25 |
95 | 09/02/25 | 16/03/25 | 24/03/24 | 27/04/25 | 04/05/25 | 06/06/25 |
96 | 13/04/25 | 18/05/25 | 26/05/25 | 29/06/25 | 06/07/25 | 08/08/25 |
97 | 08/06/25 | 13/07/25 | 21/07/25 | 24/08/25 | 31/08/25 | 03/10/25 |
98 | 05/10/25 | 09/11/25 | 17/11/25 | 21/12/25 | 04/01/26 | 06/02/26 |
For more details about the course and the options open to you, please download a PDF copy of our PST brochure. If you have problems downloading the brochure or would prefer a hard copy please feel free to call us.
If you would like any help at all or would like to discuss the possibilities further, please call Chris Rushton or any of the friendly team here at Hamble School of Yachting with any questions you might have. We would welcome you to the school at anytime to give you a chance to look around and enable us to discuss your requirements further. We all look forward to meeting you.
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