Yachtmaster Practical Course

Largely regarded as the pinnacle of yachting qualifications the Yachtmaster Offshore qualification is a tough one to get.

The Yachtmaster Offshore prep course is designed to prepare you for the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence Exam. There is no prescribed syllabus to this course. It is designed to get you up to speed before the exam. The course is about fine tuning your existing knowledge. You should know your stuff already.

The examiner will come on board on the penultimate day and you will be examined through that evening and some of the next day.

The definition of a Yachtmaster Offshore is: 'A yachtsman or woman competent to skipper a cruising yacht on any passage that can be completed without the use of astronavigation.'

The difference between A Yachtmaster Offshore and a Yachtmaster Coastal is the Yachtmster Offshore will be expected to do everything better.