Yachtmaster Coastal Sail Course
$2,450
27 March – 1 April, 2025
Go to the next level and achieve the IYT Yachtmaster Coastal Certificate. The IYT Worldwide Yachtmaster Coastal certificate is a comprehensive live-aboard course consisting of six days, which includes the practical on water exam.
- Develop and test your sailing skills
- 6 days
Pre-requisites:
- IYT Bareboat Skipper or RYA Day Skipper.
- 25 days (8 hrs+) including 2 days as watch leader/skipper.
- 12 hrs underway at night.
During the course you will gain 6 days, 1 day as skipper, 4 hours underway at night towards the above pre-requisites.
Your 6-day course will take you across Port Phillip, visiting ports such as Geelong and Queenscliff, before heading through the Rip, into Bass Strait to Hastings.
This course reinforces those skills developed in the Bareboat or Day Skipper courses, and takes you to the next level.
Comprehensive exercises in navigation, passage planning, anchoring and pilotage will extend your skills and experience.
Assessed by an on water all-day practical exam on day 6 as well as a theory exam on day 5.
Key Learning
- Preparation, safety checks and briefings
- Advanced sailing concepts
- Anchoring, mooring, coming alongside
- Pilotage and passage planning
- Understanding the weather and tides
- Detailed coastal navigation
- Lights, shapes and sounds
Please note, this is the International Yacht Training recreational Yachtmaster Coastal Sail Certificate. This certification is for recreational use only and is equivalent to the RYA Coastal Skipper course. This course is a useful bridging course for the commercial RYA Yachtmaster (Offshore) exam which is taken through an RYA accredited school.