Yachtmaster Offshore - 5 Day Prep/Exam (RYA, USCG or other)

The Yachtmaster Sail course is for experienced skippers looking to attain the world renowned Yachtmaster Coastal or Offshore qualification. The course is designed for you to perfect your skills and prepare you for the Yachtmaster Assessment, which starts on the 5th day.

Course Structure

There is no set syllabus for this course. We will customise your training to help you perfect the skills needed to pass the Yachtmaster Sail assessment. As a guide it will cover boat handling, navigation, safety and emergency situations, man overboard, meteorology and also help you perfect your general ability as a skipper.

Course pre-requisites:

As this is the gold standard you are expected to have a lot of experience.

The Yachtmaster Coastal:

This should include 800 miles, with at least 2 days spent as skipper and 12 night hours (if you hold the Coastal Skipper course certificate, this is reduced to 20 days, 2 days as skipper, 400 miles, 12 night hours). At least half the qualifying sea time must have been conducted in tidal waters.l

The Yachtmaster Offshore:

This will include 2500 miles, with at least 5 days spent as skipper. These miles should include at least 5 passages over 60 miles measured along the rhumb line from port to port, two of which you will have skippered and two involving overnight passages. All qualifying sea time must be within 10 years prior to the exam.

As well as extensive sailing experience you will also need a VHF Short Range certificate and First Aid certificate in order to be able to take either exam. Your theory knowledge should be up to Yachtmaster standard, and so we strongly recommend that you complete the RYA Yachtmaster Theory course prior to the practical course. We would also recommend the RYA Radar course and RYA Sea Survival course.

Useful Information

Our sailing yacht is a Hallberg Rassy 46. Accommodation is onboard, with bedding and towel provided. All food eaten onboard is included as is fuel and mooring fees.

PLEASE NOTE: The RYA exam fee is not included in the course price. This is payable at the time of your exam.

Coastal exam: £200

Offshore exam: £231

You will be able to choose which exam you wish to do prior to the examiner arriving onboard.