Yachtmaster Coastal / Yachtmaster Offshore Prep & Exam - Motor

6 Days (4 days preparation, followed by a 2 day exam)

For Yachtmaster Coastal

30 days onboard, two days as skipper, 800 logged nautical miles and 12 night hours. VHF/SRC

Radio Certificate and First Aid Certificate. If RYA Coastal Skipper Completion Certificate is held, the mileage requirement is reduced to 400 miles

For Yachtmaster Offshore

50 days onboard, five days as skipper, five 60 mile passages, with 2 as skipper and 2 at night. 2,500 logged nautical miles. VHF/SRC Radio Certificate and First Aid Certificate.

Vilamoura or own boat

Exam Preparation Courses are delivered by fully qualified RYA Yachtmaster Instructors, who are all extremely experienced in delivering this type of training. The week will comprise of an assessment day, whereby the instructor, albeit in an informal manner, will gauge where your strengths and weaknesses lie. The rest of the week will be spent on improving weak areas in order to best prepare you for the exam.

During the week, you will take command of the yacht on short passages, by day and night. You will be required to navigate in a seamanlike manner, with both efficiency and safety. Your instructor will give you guidance and coaching on boat handling techniques, and how to confidently handle a motor boat in a confined space.

Examiners expect a high level of expertise, particularly in safety critical exercises such as man overboard, or handling a boat in waves and wash. Your instructor will also ensure that the theory subjects, particularly meteorology, IRPCS, buoyage and passage planning are not new to you. At the end of the course, you will be given an honest debrief, leaving you confident in your own ability, taking the exam if you feel ready to do so.

After 4 days the instructor will get off, and an Examiner from the RYA will step onboard to conduct the exam.