Friends, for those who want to master handling a yacht at night, in challenging weather and in tidal waters, we’re launching a special IYT Yachtmaster Coastal course. Training and skill-building will take place during an ocean passage starting from the Azores.
After completing the course, you’ll be able to:
- plan long sea voyages on your own
- make long passages up to 60 miles offshore
- navigate and maneuver by night and by day
- stop fearing the whims of the weather and handle a vessel in difficult conditions (wind and sea up to Force 8 on the Beaufort scale)
- significantly raise your qualifications
The IYT Yachtmaster Coastal course is intensive theory and practice to the standards of International Yacht Training, the international skipper training system, in a team of professionals and like-minded people.
After successfully passing a serious theory and practical exam, you’ll receive the IYT Yachtmaster Coastal certificate, which allows you to skipper a sailing or motor vessel up to 24 meters long and up to 60 nautical miles offshore.
Who teaches the course: instructor Sergey Sinitsyn, an experienced sailor and certified instructor at SeaLife, an accredited IYT center.
Requirements:
- Experience: 25 days at sea and over 800 nautical miles recorded in your logbook
- IYT Bareboat Skipper certificate
- 12 hours of night navigation on watch
- VHF Short Range radio operator certificate
- Medical certificate in the required form
- Successful interview before the course
Program
Start: Azores, Ponta Delgada
Finish: Gibraltar, Queensway Quay Marina
Course format:
- Duration: 7 days
- Crew: 4 people + instructor
- Accommodation on a comfortable sailing yacht
- In-depth theory and practical training
What does IYT Yachtmaster Coastal skipper training include?
- Long sea passages
- Learning to plan a voyage around the weather
- Classic navigation on paper charts
- Handling a yacht under sail and engine, sail trim and sail handling
- Crew rescue and damage control techniques, radio communication practice
- Experience organizing the crew’s work and rest and keeping everyone comfortable on board
- And much more!
What’s Included
- Yacht charter with all extras
- Long sea passages, including night watches
- Fuel
- Mooring fees
- Instructor services
What’s Not Included
- Meals
- Travel
- Flights
- Transfers
- Visa
